> I don't feel like HN is censored. It's heavily censored but that's fine as it exists to serve a niche business community. And HN never claimed to be a free s

> I don't feel like HN is censored. It's heavily censored but that's fine as it exists to serve a niche business community. And HN never claimed to be a free speech platform like reddit did. > dang steps in mostly with technical edits or to break up a particularly nasty fight once in a while He does that for sure, but he also censors heavily to meet the corporate, social, etc agenda. When the admins and power mods of reddit decided censor more, HN is one of the censorship models they looked to - the psychological tricks, front running, shadow banning, etc.