[Discussion] can we stop arguing about ranking until somebody posts a number
Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: can we stop arguing about ranking until somebody posts a number. Checked the sponsor disclosure because I assumed it would be vague. It was extremely specific and slightly boring. Funding and links, in full, because the question deserves a straight answer. Sponsor units…
Yes. Nobody here is paid and the disclosure page says so in tedious detail, which is the correct level of tedious.
What is the concrete wording you would replace it with?
a rule you cannot inspect is just a preference
Push back: the ranking is not hiding anything. The formula is published and you can reproduce the ordering.
Push back: the ranking is not hiding anything.
Disagreeing with this bit: making individual cases public by default is worse for the person being moderated.
evidence rules are strict here on purpose
Agreed that the top comment is not the best answer. The ranking optimises for early agreement.
Careful — that would make individual moderation cases public by default, which is worse for the person complaining.
this place sells nothing and takes nothing from any supplier
Moderation of individual cases happens in modmail rather than in threads, because a public discussion of one person’s removal is worse for that person than a private one.
Cosigning on the no-links rule. It is the only reason the pricing threads are trustworthy.
sort by controversial occasionally, it is worth it