The golden rule isn't so simple when different people have different ideas of what people would have. For example, if the HN mods think they '[host] harassment

The golden rule isn't so simple when different people have different ideas of what people would have. For example, if the HN mods think they '[host] harassment and abuse that goes unchecked' they may actually want the HN mods to not allow referrals from them. Or, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule#Differences_in_values_or_interests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule#Differences_in_val... : "George Bernard Shaw wrote, "Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."[95] This suggests that if your values are not shared with others, the way you want to be treated will not be the way they want to be treated." Reading even further in the Wikipedia article, you'll see '"doing as you would be done by" includes taking into account your neighbour's tastes as you would that he should take yours into account'. Using technical measures to avoid someone's block would see, under that reading of the golden rule, seem to break the golden rule. On a related topic, why do so many faiths have something like the golden rule, while also being male patriarchies where women are treated differently from men? Placing cultural restrictions on a woman that aren't place on a man would seem to fundamentally contrary to the golden rule.