• istewart
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    1 year ago

    what do we pay this dang guy for, anyway

    • selfA
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      1 year ago

      he has many responsibilities:

      • sometimes he disagrees with an article title that’s entirely accurate and people aren’t buying his assertion that it’s clickbait, so he adds a question mark to it to try to make the article look less credible
      • tone policing
      • ignoring blatant flagging abuse
      • adding sites and posters on YC’s shitlist to the autodead filter
      • his bonuses are almost definitely predicated on how many of Garry Tan’s many fash friends feel comfortable posting on the orange site
      • froztbyte
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        1 year ago

        don’t forget stock control on the [flag] cupboard

      • Evinceo
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        1 year ago

        You missed his most important job, reminding everyone about previous discussions of PG essays whenever someone reposts a PG essay.