dang being great and HN rules being great are two separate claims. It's entirely possible that someone agrees with one of them and disagrees with the other. For example, me. I disagreed with one of the rules. I spoke to dang about it and shared why. He listened to me, shared his perspective on why the rule exists and went out of his way to resolve the issue for me specifically.

He strives to lower the temperature of discussions that get too heated. He tries (and mostly succeeds) to get folks to stay on topic and civil. He keeps the site free from trash or astro-turfing. And he does all this alone.

> complete incompetence/corruption within HN

This is a strong claim. If you have evidence of it, show us. Or retract it.