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Comments have fairly stringent expectations compared to other sites, consider conforming more carefully to the guidelines[0], and you can post whatever you like
by meltyness 4y ago
Comments have fairly stringent expectations compared to other sites, consider conforming more carefully to the guidelines[0], and you can post whatever you like.
Not to be accusatory, but undersubstantiated hot-takes are frowned upon, because they don't result in productive conversation.
Think debate / examine, rather than protest, basically.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- vintermann 4y agoI think calling attention to WaPo being owned by the world's richest man ought to be in bounds, though. It's not really a hot take.
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- ss108 4y agoBaselessly claiming that it's pushing an agenda for that reason might not be (I think it's an acceptable comment, even though wrong). But I really doubt any poster was getting banned for that. A lot of us on here shoot stuff from the hip on hot button issues, on all sides of them, and aren't getting banned for it. His account(s) must be getting banned for some other reason, if his claim is true.