Thanks for your work Dang, but also specifically thank you for writing a defense of your practices. I wasn't aware that HN didn't currently shadownban established accounts-- it's a practice I thought the site still engaged in (which like the prior poster I feel is somewhere between ill-advised and unethical) so I'm thrilled to learn otherwise.

I know it takes a lot to sit down and write out a response like this over and above the work you put in to making the site a usable venue. Doing so makes a difference.