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mutant_glofish | 2 years ago
*request, there was only a single request.
Also, you had already applied a whole lot of restrictions to my account before the "request", without any warnings or explanations.
So, who cares? I'm not playing on a level playing field. You are definitely politically biased, in the sense that you don't apply your rules consistently. And you don't seem to care about that.
Also, you guys definitely use dishonest moderation techniques, which you don't like to call "shadow-banning". But the issue isn't what we should call it, it's the dishonesty.
And if the ban was really because you thought I am not contributing to the community (and just using it as tool for "ideological battle), then why one of my submissions is on the front-page at this very moment? [1]
dang|2 years ago
Far from not playing on a level field, we cut you way more slack than you had any reason to expect, given how badly you've been breaking both the letter and spirit of HN's rules.
The restrictions you're taking about, such as rate-limiting, apply to accounts regardless of what ideological flavor they favor, so none of that is relevant. The way to not get restricted is to use the site as intended. That's not bias, that's just trying to have a particular kind of site. This tedious mentality of turning everything one doesn't like into "bias against me" is one of the many tedious things that make ideological battle off topic for HN in the first place.
p.s. I'm sorry for saying "requests" if there was only formal request, but I've replied to you so much that I don't believe you didn't get the message.
mutant_glofish|2 years ago
I don't know, I can't even provide a sample larger than one for that. But I think the rate-limiting thing should be due to something being triggered recently. It's not just a fixed rate limit, like the one you get when you submit too many articles in a short amount of time (which says something like "please don't post so many things that you dominate the new submissions page").
Also, ideological or not, restricting a user's privileges (in my case downvoting, flagging, vouching, probably upvoting and even submitting things) without telling them what the restrictions are, why they are being applied, and a straightforward process to appeal the decision isn't very friendly.
I even had trouble with rate-limiting when posting this very comment. It really seems that you think that I "obviously" should have self-censored [1] if I wanted to continue posting to HN. I don't plan on doing that. There is some value in standing for the good, the true, and the beautiful.
That would be our farewell, I guess. So long, and thanks for all the fish :-)
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship