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My (near decade long) comment history speaks for itself. I do not primarily use HN for a culture war, but I do engage it. Despite how I try to avoid the culture
by bjt2n3904 3y ago
My (near decade long) comment history speaks for itself. I do not primarily use HN for a culture war, but I do engage it. Despite how I try to avoid the culture war, it beat a path to my door, and threatens my livelihood. Something something, "and when they came for me, there was no one left to speak".
I maintain that I'm being banned -- not for engaging in the already present ideological battle on HN, but merely for engaging on the wrong side of it.
- dang 3y agoEvery passionate ideologue says that when we ban them, and of course the feeling is understandable—in fact it seems to be irresistible (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...). But the truth is we've banned plenty of users with the opposing ideology to yours, and they complain about it bitterly also. Here's are some related comments with plenty of examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35668572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26148870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26148870