I believe you're mistaken. Do you know that item ids are just incrementing integers? We're making it bloody hard on ourselves to get away with censorship that way.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17403488

Other recent threads on the subject:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16759138

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16250371

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17327774

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17320360

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17334733

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17325778