What irritates some people (okay, me!) about Gruber's blog is that his takes are ultimately milquetoast. It's unlikely Gruber has published anything so incendi

What irritates some people (okay, me!) about Gruber's blog is that his takes are ultimately milquetoast. It's unlikely Gruber has published anything so incendiary that HN created a specific ban just for his site. More likely, there's something organic about Gruber's blog that HN's algorithm dislikes. Maybe its very popularity is what triggers a penalty - maybe due to the rate that HN users upvote it.