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Ask HN Mods: Why did my last post vanish

2 points by evo_9 9y ago

Recently I decided to log back into my HN account and posted a few articles I wanted to share with the HN community; I do this exclusively for the conversation that can happen. Today I posted "I wanted to understand why racists hated me. So I befriended Klansmen" and it was getting good traction with plenty of excellent comments. I went to lunch, came back and checked the comments and noticed they suddenly stopped. I then went page by page until the bottom of the homepage list searching for 'befriended Klansmen' and my user name. I never found the article, or my username other than the top bar. So explain to me oh mighty censoring HN Mods why my post was removed? It wasn't flagged, it's just gone. Also, it isn't political, it was about a human trying a new approach at understanding racisim, and how he overcame our differences - which is the bulk of the comments thread focus too. But the article is gone... so am I to assume the mods of HN are racists jerks that don't want to spread knowledge that can make the world a better place? Or perhaps the reason is more petty and personal? Either way you guys look bad and I guess the message is received again - I am no wanted or welcome around here anymore. Got it. I guess thanks for the reminder... cya.

dang 9y ago
No moderator touched that submission, or even saw it before I randomly ran across this one. Users flagged it. It seems to be some kind of hard-wiring that makes people assume that (a) if they see X on HN, that means we did X; and (b) that means we're Y (racist, etc.). It has to, right? What other explanation could there be? For someone who has posted 6000 stories it might be a good idea to reread the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. They specifically ask you not to post moderation questions (let alone rants) to HN, but instead to email us at hn@ycombinator.com, where your question will actually be seen instead of most likely lost in the flood.

2 points by evo_9 9y ago

dang 9y ago

No moderator touched that submission, or even saw it before I randomly ran across this one. Users flagged it. It seems to be some kind of hard-wiring that makes people assume that (a) if they see X on HN, that means we did X; and (b) that means we're Y (racist, etc.). It has to, right? What other explanation could there be? For someone who has posted 6000 stories it might be a good idea to reread the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. They specifically ask you not to post moderation questions (let alone rants) to HN, but instead to email us at hn@ycombinator.com, where your question will actually be seen instead of most likely lost in the flood.