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Why is winsupersite.com banned on HN?
Why is Winsupersite banned? I submitted two articles and they were instantly dead. Is it because it provides Microsoft-centric coverage? Slanted Daring Fireball articles result in flamewars but it is still welcome on HN.
- cooldeal 15y agoDude, this is HN, full of Macbook toting Apple fans and 'M$' haters. No one wants Microsoft news coverage here, unless when it's one of Gruber's deprecating takes on important Microsoft news. Those get a LOT more votes than the links to the actual announcements themselves.
- frou_dh 15y agoPosters who say "M$" often get a dressing down, so I think this characterisation is partly in your head. Can't say I care about lack of Paul Thurrott content, though. He is/was the anti-Gruber right down to lacking the panache. I think the last time I followed a link to his site, I was greeted with a big ugly popover ad.
- mooism2 15y agoI think it means too many links to that site have been flagged to death in the past.
- recoiledsnake 15y agoI don't really see anything flag worthy on that site.
- mooism2 15y agoI don't know of any other way for a site to get banned other than PG banning it manually. It might be helpful if we could find out what, if any, links to winsupersite were flagged to death (i.e. not autokilled).