You can easily read the rules yourself instead of throwing accusations around. here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
Re:The economics of a VIP party
by chrisseaton on Saturday June 27, 2020 @09:05AM
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> unless the site actually explicitly says complaining about paywalls is banned, you are lying
I am not lying - and you shouldn't accuse people of lying without checking first.
> please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
Moderator dang explains his position often:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Where does it say that? I can understand being OK with paywalls but unless the site actually explicitly says complaining about paywalls is banned, you are lying.