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Are you the same person as http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2505144 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2505144 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25061

by sorbus 15y ago

Are you the same person as http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2505144 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2505144 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2506130 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2506130 by any chance? Both of those refer to a post where the user "defended PHP as a language where it was being bashed," and the first comment to be killed in TimothyBurgess's comment history is the same thing. If so: you've posted about this three times in the last day. Stop, relax, and take a break. Wait until PG responds. He might sort it all out, or he might not, but complaining so much is not going to increase his opinion of you. If not: Relax. Wait until PG responds before you start posting threads complaining about it (or, you know, don't post threads complaining about it. If your original account gets reinstated, great; if not, start a new one and calm down). Also, a sidenote: from one of your comments as TimothyBurgess (item?id=2470350): "the majority of people on HN (and other elitist "communities") are shortsighted, closed minded, and generally mildly retarded." While that doesn't appear to be the cause of your account being killed, based on the chronology, what did you expect to happen?

wrongfulban 15y ago
That last comment you've pointed out was partially referring to the PHP haters and their bandwagon jumping. Thanks for taking it out of context to make it look worse than it was! complaining so much is not going to increase his opinion of you. You really think he's gonna read all of my posts on the matter? He won't. The idea is to get his attention just once so he can fix it, and leaving it alone definitely isn't going to make that happen.
- sorbus 15y ago
  It's not much better in context, though (I will admit that I did not look at the context, however). You could just have easily made the same point by saying "the insular nature of many communities and focus on karma (or whatever arbitrary measurement is used) can lead to ignoring arguments despite the validity and usefulness of those arguments" without insulting anyone. And yes, he won't read all your posts. However, these posts are not helping in catching his attention (at least not compared to emailing him, which is an actual effective thing to do).

by sorbus 15y ago

wrongfulban 15y ago

That last comment you've pointed out was partially referring to the PHP haters and their bandwagon jumping. Thanks for taking it out of context to make it look worse than it was! complaining so much is not going to increase his opinion of you. You really think he's gonna read all of my posts on the matter? He won't. The idea is to get his attention just once so he can fix it, and leaving it alone definitely isn't going to make that happen.

sorbus 15y ago
It's not much better in context, though (I will admit that I did not look at the context, however). You could just have easily made the same point by saying "the insular nature of many communities and focus on karma (or whatever arbitrary measurement is used) can lead to ignoring arguments despite the validity and usefulness of those arguments" without insulting anyone. And yes, he won't read all your posts. However, these posts are not helping in catching his attention (at least not compared to emailing him, which is an actual effective thing to do).