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Re:A Project of One’s Own by munificent on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:21PM (#27437238)
> PG gets held to a higher standard than anything else on here.

He's unbelievably wealthy and created HN. That gives him an outsize influence that doesn't come from the merit of his ideas. Critique is a useful counterbalance to that effect so that his ideas get a level of weight more appropriate to their worth.

Re:A Project of One’s Own by lliamander on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:59PM (#27437759)
People joined HN because of the merits of his ideas.