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I apologize for the offense, I know you care about this community, as I do, but it's not beyond criticism. I don't believe I've smeared it so much as described a part of it with more honesty than is civil, possibly some hyperbole, but not deceit. I've seen everything I mentioned in my comment, and noticed that such views seem to be gaining in prominence here, they just mask themselves behind politeness.

But I will stop, since I don't want to be banned, and if you can't see the rot as well then I suppose mentioning it is pointless and counterproductive.

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You can ignore dang, he's not going to be part of this community for much longer, and I'm working to ensure that. Turns out he's got a very very NASTY history and I'm having a lot of fun digging it up.

You're a perfect example of what is going wrong with this community.

Maybe I am too, to an extent, but definitely you, and whoever vouched for your comments.

I unkilled that comment.

Why?!

All of lightedman's comments here are terrible, and they're just threatening to dox you here like some angsty edgelord, which is absolutely not acceptable. It deserves to be flagged, as does my response, to be honest. I shouldn't have fallen for the bait.

But still, anyone else would likely lose their vouching privileges for that.

Yes, but when people see comments like that which are dead, they often accuse us of having censored them for personal or business reasons. Some people make that accusation with such force that a few readers might believe it, even though it's false. I'd rather preempt the issue by doing the opposite proactively. Also, I suspect it's helpful for regular users to occasionally see the sort of of assault that gets directed at us for trying to keep the peace here.

Edit: oh and there's another reason. It sometimes seems to happen that a user like this is surprised to see that we've treated them more kindly than they expected, and they reform their ways and become good contributors. I'm not saying it happens often, but it's worth giving it a shot.

>All of lightedman's comments here are terrible

No, all of my comments regarding HN are terrible - to you.

Sadly, they echo many others. And they, too, have reason.

Pure fact: Shadowbanning is 100% cowardice. It is lazy. It requires zero effort. And all that does is further reinforce our view that the moderation staff is bull-headed, piggish, and outright stupid.

The rest of my comments, in technical threads, are fucking spot-on when it comes to my topics. But those don't get seen, as well as all the other help I've tried to provide by answering questions that people ask here - IN SPITE OF the moderators hiding useful comments AND ONLY UNKILLING THE BAD ONES.

Dont be bullied. Healthy discourse within reason is important.

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