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> If you're going to make a claim like this, you should provide a link so that readers can make up their own minds. fair enough: https://i.imgur.com/Iu7CLxN.pn

> If you're going to make a claim like this, you should provide a link so that readers can make up their own minds. fair enough: https://i.imgur.com/Iu7CLxN.png https://i.imgur.com/Iu7CLxN.png or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16834895 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16834895

bigyikes 6y ago
I like Hacker News for the lack of political content. I feel overwhelmed by the amount politics is bleeding into all aspects of my life as of late. I would like to think that the same type of decision would have been made had your username been from the opposing political party.
- coronadisaster 6y ago
  > I would like to think that the same type of decision would have been made had your username been from the opposing political party. I find that hard to believe, but it is possible. https://i.imgur.com/D73De7f.png https://i.imgur.com/D73De7f.png
  - nuclearnice1 6y ago
    Do you have any reason to believe dang would allow democratic flamebait nicks? You should state the reason if you have one. Otherwise, you are just slinging a baseless insult.
    - coronadisaster 6y ago
      this was not meant as an insult... this forum is just very democrat, so it would not surprise me if it had a little bias
      - nuclearnice1 6y ago
        To be specific: to your knowledge dan has never allowed any troll bait political nicks of any kind. Additionally: you have a feeling he might allow democratic troll nicks. the strength of that feeling ranges from not surprised if to hard to believe not depending on the day. Your evidence: claim that the forum is very democratic
kristiandupont 6y ago
I don't believe you would choose a username like that (and to a lesser extent, your current one) for any other purpose than to explicitly provoke heated arguments. There are plenty of places on the web where you can go for those, I am happy that dang et al are making an effort to minimize them.
dang 6y ago
It's rare for people to actually supply a link in response to such a reply, so kudos to you! The description ("The nickname was nothing bad, you just didn't like it") was false though. 'lovetrump' was a trollish username, and we don't allow those on HN because they effectively troll every thread they post to, which is bad. This is standard practice: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20trollish%20username https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme.... By the way, we can change usernames now, so the problem is easier to solve.

bigyikes 6y ago

I like Hacker News for the lack of political content. I feel overwhelmed by the amount politics is bleeding into all aspects of my life as of late. I would like to think that the same type of decision would have been made had your username been from the opposing political party.

coronadisaster 6y ago
> I would like to think that the same type of decision would have been made had your username been from the opposing political party. I find that hard to believe, but it is possible. https://i.imgur.com/D73De7f.png https://i.imgur.com/D73De7f.png
- nuclearnice1 6y ago
  Do you have any reason to believe dang would allow democratic flamebait nicks? You should state the reason if you have one. Otherwise, you are just slinging a baseless insult.
  - coronadisaster 6y ago
    this was not meant as an insult... this forum is just very democrat, so it would not surprise me if it had a little bias
    - nuclearnice1 6y ago
      To be specific: to your knowledge dan has never allowed any troll bait political nicks of any kind. Additionally: you have a feeling he might allow democratic troll nicks. the strength of that feeling ranges from not surprised if to hard to believe not depending on the day. Your evidence: claim that the forum is very democratic

kristiandupont 6y ago

I don't believe you would choose a username like that (and to a lesser extent, your current one) for any other purpose than to explicitly provoke heated arguments. There are plenty of places on the web where you can go for those, I am happy that dang et al are making an effort to minimize them.

dang 6y ago

It's rare for people to actually supply a link in response to such a reply, so kudos to you! The description ("The nickname was nothing bad, you just didn't like it") was false though. 'lovetrump' was a trollish username, and we don't allow those on HN because they effectively troll every thread they post to, which is bad. This is standard practice: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20trollish%20username https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme.... By the way, we can change usernames now, so the problem is easier to solve.