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Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by occam on Friday July 03, 2009 @02:13PM (#686409)
No, the article was auto-killed. The blogger is probably blacklisted for being racially insensitive or something. Yet here is an example of one of his posts that did well on HN and generated much interesting commentary: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=280544
Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by mattyb on Friday July 03, 2009 @02:32PM (#686432)
Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by ErrantX on Friday July 03, 2009 @02:19PM (#686416)
It wasnt auto-killed. Very few domains are on the blacklist AFAIK.
Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by occam on Friday July 03, 2009 @02:37PM (#686440)
I just tried submitting another article from his blog and again it was [dead] by the time I was redirected to the 'new' page, i.e. a few milliseconds. Here it is: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=686436

Try posting something from his site yourself, like this one: http://isteve.blogspot.com/2007/01/illuminating-map.html

Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by ErrantX on Friday July 03, 2009 @03:28PM (#686504)
ouch, ok sorry your right.. Looking at his material it looks like he qualifies for the stringent blocklist guidelines.
Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by occam on Friday July 03, 2009 @04:07PM (#686543)
Which item in the guidelines does this blogger's writing violate?
Re:Ask HN: Objecting to stories being killed by ErrantX on Friday July 03, 2009 @05:02PM (#686607)
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.

Im guessing given the outspoken-ness of the guy the material would tend to end in flame fests ;)