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Re:Show HN: Wow, a mod here threatened to BAN me for support... by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:19PM (#13545327)
The violation there seems to have been posting a substance-free "good" as the whole text of a comment, not "supporting Trump".

Just like the current guideline violation is a glaring violation of the "don't comment about downvotes" rule , not "supporting Trump".

EDIT: Actually, the current violation is of the rule: "Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, please send it to [email protected]."

This is distinct from the "don't comment about downvotes" rule, though (as I see it) an expression of the same underlying principle.

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Re:Show HN: Wow, a mod here threatened to BAN me for support... by jfaucett on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:25PM (#13545378)
Two points from the "In Comments" section: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

1. There is nothing on "substance-free".

2. Commenting "threatening to be banned from making comments" is not equivalent to "commenting about downvotes".

At least thats how I read that section.

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