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Comment by prolikewh0a

6 years ago

bUt bUt...ChInA dOeS iP tHeFt

We've banned this account for using HN primarily for ideological battle.

Also for repeatedly posting flamebait and ignoring our requests to stop.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

  • at least in this case, they aren't wrong. on hacker news, there is a strong bias towards how silicon valley likes to operate and against china.

  • Can you point me to the requests to stop? I've seen exactly one, a long time ago. I'm not personally attacking people, and I do contribute here with a positive upvote score. I don't see the issue.

    • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17486112

      But the main issue is using HN primarily for ideological or political battle. That's directly against the spirit of this site, and destroys it more insidiously than incivility does.

      Positive vote scores, alas, aren't an indicator of whether comments are good for HN or not. The most indignant and ideological comments routinely get upvoted. That's one reason they're insidious.

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