Uh, well gosh. Did you have this comment below on your HN profile before or after the above conversation?
"[...] if you notice that I have been hell-banned, just let me know so I can delete my account from this shithole."
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jonsterling
I'm probably not the first person to suggest this to you, but I've found that what I get from a community/workplace/neighborhood/family has a lot to do with what I put into it.