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This is hilarious, you're actually speculating about "the real reason" after getting linked to the literal statement of why it was done with example comments gi

This is hilarious, you're actually speculating about "the real reason" after getting linked to the literal statement of why it was done with example comments given, most of which are doing exactly what you're doing here: irrelevant speculation and going of on tangents If there is a basic archetype of a HN comment, yours is a perfect example of it

smcl 4y ago
I follow Hector on Mastodon and he's posted a few times in the past about how he dislikes the HN comments and often finds them toxic. He didn't implement any anti-HN measures in his sites before though, so there was clearly something different this time. What I think elevated this from "ignore" to "block" were a few creepy subthreads relating to him and the identity of Lina that I am not going to repeat. Additionally I thought this was a shame because those nasty ones ended up being flagged and downvoted by the community, and drowned out by a boatload of comments saying how much people admired the work Hector, Lina, Alyssa and the Asahi crew are doing. So he's under the impression that most HNers are dumb idiots who dislike him and and are comofortable doxxing people, which I don't think is the case. However if you're looking for the basic archetype of a bad HN comment I think yours is actually much more appropriate. Very poor form :-/
- 411111111111111 4y ago
  Naw, pointing out the obvious while making fun of someone is the archetype of reddit I think. Toxicity on HN is more indirect here.
- realjhol 4y ago
  Hector had no problem spreading salacious rumours about Richard Stallman a couple of years back. He loudly supported a hateful and slanderous campaign that resulted in RMS having to step down from the FSF. Now he comes along and for whatever reason he's decided to adopt this weird hentai alter ego, which is very obviously him... but for some reason we're not allowed to mention it - because? ...actually I have no idea why. But he certainly doesn't mind dealing in rumours when it's against people he decides deserve it.

smcl 4y ago

I follow Hector on Mastodon and he's posted a few times in the past about how he dislikes the HN comments and often finds them toxic. He didn't implement any anti-HN measures in his sites before though, so there was clearly something different this time. What I think elevated this from "ignore" to "block" were a few creepy subthreads relating to him and the identity of Lina that I am not going to repeat. Additionally I thought this was a shame because those nasty ones ended up being flagged and downvoted by the community, and drowned out by a boatload of comments saying how much people admired the work Hector, Lina, Alyssa and the Asahi crew are doing. So he's under the impression that most HNers are dumb idiots who dislike him and and are comofortable doxxing people, which I don't think is the case. However if you're looking for the basic archetype of a bad HN comment I think yours is actually much more appropriate. Very poor form :-/

411111111111111 4y ago
Naw, pointing out the obvious while making fun of someone is the archetype of reddit I think. Toxicity on HN is more indirect here.
realjhol 4y ago
Hector had no problem spreading salacious rumours about Richard Stallman a couple of years back. He loudly supported a hateful and slanderous campaign that resulted in RMS having to step down from the FSF. Now he comes along and for whatever reason he's decided to adopt this weird hentai alter ego, which is very obviously him... but for some reason we're not allowed to mention it - because? ...actually I have no idea why. But he certainly doesn't mind dealing in rumours when it's against people he decides deserve it.