Granted that my comment was short, and may assume some background knowledge not obvious to everyone, here's a longer discussion of the issues in a broader context: http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/why_we_havent_met_an...

You should add HN to your blocklist not enforce it on others.

For better or worse, I have no authority to enforce anything here; what I'm doing is making suggestions. That said, forums whose content consists only or primarily of junk or links thereto, I simply refrain from visiting. The percentage of quality content on HN, on the other hand, is generally high, which is why I read this forum, and why I think it worthwhile to make suggestions aimed at improving it or at least trying to stop it deteriorating.