I asked via email and it turns out it was modded off as a duplicate of a recent post a week ago [1], which I see you cited too I didn't realize the topic was a

I asked via email and it turns out it was modded off as a duplicate of a recent post a week ago [1], which I see you cited too I didn't realize the topic was a dupe, oops! Anyway now we know. I was told they're considering the feature and will probably implement something. Fingers crossed! > trying to be polite and thoughtful and helpful sucks up an asymmetric amount of effort, as this post demonstrates. Not sure what you mean here. Whose time, commenter or HN staff? Either can choose to ignore the topic, whether by closing the tab or through modding. As you said, meta discussions are modded off, but allowed from time to time because, according to the response I got in email, "they get people's juices flowing". I'm fine with that though I do think it'd be more clear if that were noted in the guidelines. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11355038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11355038