I find myself agreeing with you on this particular case, though I do feel there's a serious problem with HN's moderation. Perhaps an effort to make the (manual

I find myself agreeing with you on this particular case, though I do feel there's a serious problem with HN's moderation. Perhaps an effort to make the (manual AND automatic) moderation processes more transparent would go a long way towards avoiding this situation where people feel they're fighting with a faceless machine and so get upset. There are far too many situations where posts go up and down as if by magic, and no one can figure out why. How would you feel if someone did that to you?