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A comment on Ask HN: Hellbanning unacceptable.

Re:Ask HN: Hellbanning unacceptable by drx on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @09:17PM (#3477535)
On one hand, hellbanning does waste people's time (perhaps even well-intentioned people) and it is regrettable.

On the other hand, pg has no obligation to publish your comments on his website.

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Re:Ask HN: Hellbanning unacceptable by ubernostrum on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @09:32PM (#3477585)
On the other other hand, if he wants to maintain a site that attracts users, taking their feedback into account is probably a good idea.

(notice how no-one said there was an obligation to publish things -- read this article as a piece of feedback, not a demand)

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Re:Ask HN: Hellbanning unacceptable by drx on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @09:41PM (#3477617)
I wasn't directly replying to the OP.
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Re:Ask HN: Hellbanning unacceptable by pyre on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @09:30PM (#3477576) 

  > pg has no obligation to publish your comments on his
  > website
That's true, but 'hellbanning' isn't the only way to achieve this. It's not a "hellbanning" or "publish all comments" decision.
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Re:Ask HN: Hellbanning unacceptable by maalox on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:07PM (#3477699)
Without visitor input, PG has no website.
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