Comment by dang

I did mean to be positive! I know it probably sounded sarcastic.

I'm sorry it's not possible to respond in detail to everything you wrote here and in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35224229. I'd like to—but I just don't have the capacity.

The short version is that we have to moderate HN according to the intended use of the site. I don't think your political interpretation is accurate (I think you're overestimating the influence and value of this place) but even if I'm wrong and you're right, we can't change how we moderate because of that. If we did, this place would soon cease to exist for its intended purpose (curious conversation on topics of intellectual interest) and then its influence and value would rapidly decline anyhow.