I believe they outlawed "offtopic" rants about the horrible design that a link might have. Oh and something about outlawing overly negative comments in Show HN

I believe they outlawed "offtopic" rants about the horrible design that a link might have. Oh and something about outlawing overly negative comments in Show HN posts. In can't really say whether it has had the desired effect of making people nicer or whether it just silenced them.