Well, I guess I just can't see any reason why a mod of HN would prefer the older thread over the more active one, and thereby removing its position from the fro

Well, I guess I just can't see any reason why a mod of HN would prefer the older thread over the more active one, and thereby removing its position from the front page and stop any further HN discussion altogether on the topic. Even the older thread is not present at all on the front page, or any subsequent pages. Anecdotal, but it certainly _feels_ like an attempt to censor the topic at hand. Now that I think about it, I agree that my choice of title wasn't the best to be quite confrontational, but it is what spurred my creation of this thread.