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So straight-up censorship is a thing on HN now? I don't know how this could be argued off-topic when it directly pertained to the parent comment. If anything t
by cb18 11y ago
So straight-up censorship is a thing on HN now?
I don't know how this could be argued off-topic when it directly pertained to the parent comment. If anything the parent comment was off-topic, and I found it unseemly that oska would use the occasion of Mr. Grove's death to promote a political agenda.
I felt compelled in the interest of Mr. Grove's memory to point out the flaws in oska's statement.
Was this really a joint decision, or is that a royal we?
Glancing at your comment history, dang, it becomes apparent that the ratio of pleasant to unpleasant interactions you have on this site is quite lopsided.(excuse my presumption)
So I just want to say thanks for all the actions you take to make HN a better place, even if I don't agree with them all.
- dang 11y agoI wouldn't call it censorship, but that word has so many different meanings. I didn't see oska's comment as particularly political but now that you mention it I suppose we could have just marked the whole subthread off-topic. Your reply, though, certainly was, since it stopped being about Grove and went into racial speculations... a bad sign on HN at the best of times. Also the going on about downvoting was super off topic and explicitly against the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Most importantly, though, thanks for taking the time to also express good will. That was nice of you and I really appreciate it.