Because dang censors anything remotely close to a negative opinion? I don't think that's why. The guy uses "flamebait" as a reason for not posting (or for flag

Because dang censors anything remotely close to a negative opinion? I don't think that's why. The guy uses "flamebait" as a reason for not posting (or for flagging) something that might not be popular. That's fundamentally broken and will lead to problems eventually. Not problems for HN or dang though, or most people. It's almost like blaming the human for eating ice cream in front of a monkey, because the monkey can't eat ice cream too, and the human should know that/better. Poor monkeys. HN is great for a lot of reasons, dang's moderation included, but not because of this example or solely based on his moderation.