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Check out my post history. I use this account to comment on politically hot topics on HN, and my highest scoring comment was removed, in fact the entire thread
by geronimoe 6y ago
Check out my post history. I use this account to comment on politically hot topics on HN, and my highest scoring comment was removed, in fact the entire thread of that comment is gone.
Was it because I broke some rule, or was it because someone didn't like what I said?
- dang 6y agoYes, you're breaking the rule against using HN for political or ideological battle. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Accounts that have been created to do that are low-quality accounts that soon accrue moderation penalties and eventually get banned—not because we disagree with the politics but because this is the main form of flamewar destroying this site. HN is a place for intellectual curiosity and curious conversation. If you want to do ideological warfare on the internet, that's a different game and you need to play it elsewhere. Your comment didn't get removed. It did get detached from its original parent. That's standard moderation when the top comment gets replies that don't respond specifically to what it says (a.k.a. topjacking).
- geronimoe 6y agoOh ouch, nice. Alright I should just stop posting on HN with this.