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		taylorbuley on June 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moderators of HN: please stop changing post titles Is there any hard and fast rule on who gets mod privileges? Is it a karma thing or a trust thing?

manuelflara on June 12, 2012 [–]

I think it's mostly some YC staff/partners/alumni who are mods.

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