Re:Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22
by jitl on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:15PM
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Oops! I misremembered things. I shouldn't have used your name – what I remembered is that you're gone, and other contributors who posted great content (that they themselves wrote) and good comments have also been banned for "self promotion". I conflated the two, but not maliciously/intentionally.
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Re:Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22
by burntsushi on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:34PM
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Fair enough. Thanks for clarifying. Although I have never seen any case of banning by self promotion that I thought wasn't warranted.
Basically, you used my name to support a narrative that Lobsters moderation is too heavy handed. But I have actually thought that Lobsters moderation wasn't strict enough. I wanted more moderation, not less, in order to raise the level of discourse.