> Unfortunately whatever HN is using routinely blocks my login with "Sorry."

I believe that's the HN application itself, not a WAF in front of it.

HN is surprisingly very very guilty of a whole lot of anti-user patterns and behaviour that other companies get regularly lamented.

Poor accessibility, bad mobile support, no options to delete content beyond a narrow window.

   no options to delete content beyond a narrow window.

Good.

hurfdurf says it is okay to keep material online forever. It is easy to say that when you publish as hurfdurf.

i personally like using http://hcker.news as a reader, its much nicer

   bad mobile support

Good.

Why is that good?

It's relatively difficult to enter and edit any significant amount of text on a phone, so phone-based discussions tend to be shallow.

That’s a terrible justification, and I would question if it’s even true. Is there anything to support that conclusion or is it just a guess you’ve made?

Because I don’t buy it. There is no time limit for discussions. One can take as much time as they like to enter text on their phone. Also if they’re motivated by the discussion they may take the time and make the effort to write thoughtful replies.

Finally, there’s no reason that users visiting on desktop computers won’t make equally shallow remarks. Shallow online discussions have existed long before smartphones existed.

Sent from my iPhone.

If Bad Mobile support is good why does your own website handles mobile differently?

    Poor accessibility

Good.

HN accessibility isn't bad, since it's all just text.

Yeah, as long as you have good vision and motor skills otherwise good luck.

Only for ghouls.

I think you just described most of the reason I like it. Plain text sites tend to scale text, allow pinch to zoom, and are just generally faster.

Post deletion we've seen used for manipulation on other sites, it's a sticky topic. HN seems to want you to stand by your word, so it makes sense here.