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It was this (hn:kefka) account when I posted the data about the Myo. I posted it multiple times, with the word "Thalmic" in there. All were killed instantly on

by kefka 10y ago

It was this (hn:kefka) account when I posted the data about the Myo. I posted it multiple times, with the word "Thalmic" in there. All were killed instantly on creation. A few minutes could pass, and a user-based flag kill would be understandable. In my experiences, instant decisions like that are results of a script. Obvious assumptions were that it was HN's script, protecting HN's assets. You've got one heck of a community here. I try to positively add... But I know we don't see eye-to-eye on quite many things.

dang 10y ago
I like that you feel that way about the community, and it's fine if we don't always see eye-to-eye. HN wouldn't be as good a community if we all did. The main thing we're trying for is assuming good faith in such cases (which isn't easy. I don't find it easy when criticized, and don't expect anyone else to.) From https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kefka https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kefka, it looks like your account lost story submission privileges in Feb 2014 after having posted a bunch of stories that weren't appropriate for HN. That was at least 9 months before you posted anything about Thalmic/Myo, so I'm sure that the latter had nothing to do with it. (I'm also sure because we'd never take submission privileges away for that reason.) In Dec 2015 we restored story submission privileges to your account, probably because we saw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10537529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10537529, which was a solid submission. If an account is posting the occasional substantive story—especially ones that other users aren't submitting—we err on the side of restoring privileges.
- kefka 10y ago
  Thank you for clearing that up, dang. It was indeed a script that stopped those stories, but not in the nefarious way I suspected. I'm honestly not sure which stories triggered the "no submission" flag, but it does make sense. I would like if we could personally see flags like that (say on our user page). I've never been a fan of hell-* removal of privileges, only to think of worse cases like this. Thank you for being honest and frank about this. -Josh

by kefka 10y ago

dang 10y ago

I like that you feel that way about the community, and it's fine if we don't always see eye-to-eye. HN wouldn't be as good a community if we all did. The main thing we're trying for is assuming good faith in such cases (which isn't easy. I don't find it easy when criticized, and don't expect anyone else to.) From https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kefka https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kefka, it looks like your account lost story submission privileges in Feb 2014 after having posted a bunch of stories that weren't appropriate for HN. That was at least 9 months before you posted anything about Thalmic/Myo, so I'm sure that the latter had nothing to do with it. (I'm also sure because we'd never take submission privileges away for that reason.) In Dec 2015 we restored story submission privileges to your account, probably because we saw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10537529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10537529, which was a solid submission. If an account is posting the occasional substantive story—especially ones that other users aren't submitting—we err on the side of restoring privileges.

kefka 10y ago
Thank you for clearing that up, dang. It was indeed a script that stopped those stories, but not in the nefarious way I suspected. I'm honestly not sure which stories triggered the "no submission" flag, but it does make sense. I would like if we could personally see flags like that (say on our user page). I've never been a fan of hell-* removal of privileges, only to think of worse cases like this. Thank you for being honest and frank about this. -Josh