> HN mods have likely flagged it as flamewar, or non relevant, or both, effectively contributing to the soft censorship on the topic. IIRC, HN has a couple of

> HN mods have likely flagged it as flamewar, or non relevant, or both, effectively contributing to the soft censorship on the topic. IIRC, HN has a couple of algorithms to automatically detect "flamewars," and I wouldn't be surprised if this post tripped one, since much of the discussion is flamewar-ish. I've been on forums where the moderators would remove "derailing" comments/threads, and I think this is a topic that probably needs that kind of moderation, unfortunately.