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Is this rate limiting on commenting ever going to be lifted or is it permanent?

dang 5y ago
We're happy to take off rate limits if people give us some reason to believe that they sincerely intend to follow the site guidelines in the future.
- Moodles 5y ago
  Ok I promise. My last topics I posted on were about this, a security blog post, the news, Simone Biles and accents. I do actually talk about lots of topics on HN but I tend to get drawn into political discussions which are replied to a lot more. Also it's hard for me not to respond when someone calls me a bigot, etc. I'm definitely not on HN just to troll about politics. I really think it's unfair to say I'm on HN to "battle" anyone. I don't think my comments here have been particularly confrontational?
  - dang 5y ago
    Ok, I've taken the rate limit off your account. To prevent it kicking in again, please remember that on HN the idea is to value quality over quantity, and please stay up to date on the site guidelines. > I really think it's unfair to say I'm on HN to "battle" anyone. I don't think my comments here have been particularly confrontational? When I skim through your recent comments I'm mostly seeing posts like these (just a random sample) - these are examples of what we don't want on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27606026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27606026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27423188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27423188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27379700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27379700 If you don't like the words "political/ideological battle" or "flamewar" we can find a different description; the point is that this is not the curiosity-driven, respectful conversation that the site is supposed to be for.
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dang 5y ago

We're happy to take off rate limits if people give us some reason to believe that they sincerely intend to follow the site guidelines in the future.

Moodles 5y ago
Ok I promise. My last topics I posted on were about this, a security blog post, the news, Simone Biles and accents. I do actually talk about lots of topics on HN but I tend to get drawn into political discussions which are replied to a lot more. Also it's hard for me not to respond when someone calls me a bigot, etc. I'm definitely not on HN just to troll about politics. I really think it's unfair to say I'm on HN to "battle" anyone. I don't think my comments here have been particularly confrontational?
- dang 5y ago
  Ok, I've taken the rate limit off your account. To prevent it kicking in again, please remember that on HN the idea is to value quality over quantity, and please stay up to date on the site guidelines. > I really think it's unfair to say I'm on HN to "battle" anyone. I don't think my comments here have been particularly confrontational? When I skim through your recent comments I'm mostly seeing posts like these (just a random sample) - these are examples of what we don't want on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27606026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27606026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27506572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27423188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27423188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27379700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27379700 If you don't like the words "political/ideological battle" or "flamewar" we can find a different description; the point is that this is not the curiosity-driven, respectful conversation that the site is supposed to be for.
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