Hackernews doesn't stop the avg Joe from making an account and contributing to the discussion, but only upholds its principles which are intellectual. So in my

Hackernews doesn't stop the avg Joe from making an account and contributing to the discussion, but only upholds its principles which are intellectual. So in my books that's not limiting free speech, that's just limiting non sense to achieve a higher s:n. It doesn't penalise any opinion explicitly. Its about being curious.