First of all, the quotes you included to show user confusion were all about Windows vulnerabilities when your title didn't mention Windows either, so the compla

First of all, the quotes you included to show user confusion were all about Windows vulnerabilities when your title didn't mention Windows either, so the complaints don't help your case. Secondly, I expect a certain quality and professionalism level from HN. The administrators have every right to improve those things through editing of titles, marking some threads as dead, banning trolls, and setting up some basic guidelines for online behavior. The Internet is such a big place. There are so many news aggregators, sources for the original news, places to discuss the news, why would you frequent/support a site that has a basic policy of quality maintenance that you find oppressive?