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tagging @Dang Dang could you check if the comment limiting on that user was a mistake?
by dependenttypes 6y ago
tagging @Dang Dang
could you check if the comment limiting on that user was a mistake?
- valuearb 6y agoSo it’s common to censor posters this way?
- dang 6y agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20rate%20limit&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... HN is a moderated site. Whether that's censorship or not is mostly a word game; people use that word when they don't like a thing and different words when they do.
- jakeogh 6y agoIt's not an easy job. Thank you.
- dang 6y agoIt doesn't feel right for me to comment about an account in response to someone else's post. Maybe I'll say a general thing instead: We rate limit accounts when they post too many low-quality comments too quickly and/or get involved in flamewars—and we're happy to remove the rate limit when people commit to following the site guidelines in the future. hn@ycombinator.com is the best place to contact about this.