alt Hacker NewsFirst of all, you're a great HN user (thank you!) - anyone who posts about APL and J is close to our hearts. Throw in Gaddis (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45942274) and Gass (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45793425) and you're practically unique!
> One of the only changes I think HN could use, is mods being able to make a post in a thread that can not be voted on or replied to but will remain top post and simply stating that the community has ruled and this submission will live but every related submission will be killed as a dupe until the thread dies.
We do sometimes make pinned posts like that—I've listed a few below—but they're mostly for reminding people to follow the site guidelines. In a way, that includes the message you're talking about (i.e. we're allowing this thread because the community insists on it), but only implicitly.
> Part of the reason I avoid becoming too much a part of sites like HN is because I fear being asked to be more than a user.
Can you say more? What would constitute being asked to be more than a user?
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46221528 (Dec 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203452 (Sept 2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44432526 (July 2025)
>What would constitute being asked to be more than a user?
That was mostly a way to say that I really don't want your job. Mostly, I want to retain my ability to occasionally make posts like the one I made in this thread.
>practically unique!
Are you saying that I am unique in a practical, salt of the earth fashion or that I am almost unique? I ultimately did exactly what I admonished in this thread and just admitted to wanting to cling to being able to be salty and moody, which fits well with almost unique. It was very Gassian in its phrasing and quite good. Even if unintended, it was very on point.