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Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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We are monitoring for manipulation all the time; we're highly motivated to do so, because the fastest path to the decline of HN is the one where people lose trust in it. Thus every one of our moderation decisions begins with community
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We've banned this account. We've asked you multiple times to observe the guidelines, and a comment like this, shitposting or whatever else you're trying to do here, is obviously a step too far. If you don't want to be ba
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by tomhow 1mo ago
Don't make insinuations you aren't willing to back with evidence. We've had guidelines against this for years, precisely because these claims make for such repetitive and empty discussion, and this subthread is a perfect spec
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Sure, but isn't this a bit of a sneer? “I feel slightly bad for people who didn’t” has an air of superiority about it, and seems like a veiled swipe at those who lacked whatever qualities your 17-year-old self had. The guidelines have
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by tomhow 2mo ago
> You reap what you sow, MFs! Please don't post like this here. We're accustomed to better from you than this.
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by tomhow 2mo ago
Please avoid this kind of scolding, berating tone on HN, and omit sneers, swipes, and name-calling from comments. The guidelines make it clear we're here for curious conversation, not this. https://news.ycombinator.com/
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Please don't fulminate on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. You may not owe nation states better, but you owe this community better if you want to participate here. https://news.yc
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We've banned this account.
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We've banned this account for evidently being a single-topic account posting almost exclusively inflammatory comments about that topic. This is not what HN is for and destroys what it's for. We welcome thoughtful, curious discussi
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by tomhow 2mo ago
We've banned this account. Not primarily for this comment, this other one from 6 days ago is sufficient: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49312990
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We don't care what the topic is or what your position is; you just have to observe the guidelines. All-caps words/phrases/sentences are specifically banned because they make the comments ragey and hostile, and make your argum
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by tomhow 2mo ago
Please don't post ragebait or wish anyone death on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. We have to ban accounts that do this repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelin
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by tomhow 2mo ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https:/&#x2F
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by tomhow 2mo ago
We've banned this account for using HN primarily for promotion. Most of your comments in this thread include a link to your own site. This is an abuse of HN and is clearly against the guidelines. HN is for curious conversation. It&#x27
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by tomhow 2mo ago
We've banned this account for evidently being a single-topic account that posts almost nothing that's within HN's guidelines. We've asked you before to observe the guidelines. Plenty of people criticize Israel's pol
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It seems that way but I don't think it is. That user hasn't posted any similar promotional-seeming messages in any other recent comments. I believe they were meaning to offer an example to illustrate the point they're making
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by tomhow 2mo ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330742 . Thanks!
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330742 . Thanks!
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Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330597 .
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We've banned this account.
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298035 .
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49246366 .
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We've banned this account.
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by tomhow 2mo ago
Please don’t imagine my “true” motivation or inner psychological state and attack me for it. You have no idea what devices I use or what I think of Tim Cook. Even if I had any personal affection for him, if I banned accounts just for critic
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by tomhow 2mo ago
There are only 30 places on the front page and 30 places on the Show HN page, and thousands of submissions each week (including hundreds of Show HNs each day) trying to get into one of them. The community has developed an immune response to
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Sure, in isolation, you can dismiss that kind of language as hyperbole and let it pass. But we're talking about a pattern of rhetorical style and substance over several years that they have been warned about several times, but with no
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285160 .
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> This is generally the test of extreme stupidity because those so adept rarely realize there is even a contradiction because they lack in critical thinking. > You can separate Cook is a garbage person We've banned this account.

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