Also thoroughly unconvinced by this aspect of his reasoning.
More generally, I think publicly shaming individuals is a nasty thing to do.
More generally, I think publicly shaming individuals is a nasty thing to do.
The second potential problem (I do not know if it applies to this particular person) is that the beggar may be on the lookout for an uninformed and manipulatable person who can be comprehensively scammed.
If you don't think this should be on HN you can choose not to vote for it or avoid future links to troyhunt.com.
I am well aware of that and I imagine you know that. Please don't be pedantic.
Troy's content is typically high quality and engaging (i.e., I won't be avoiding it). This is not and I felt that on it's own was worth a comment (and is even more interesting than the post itself).
You are clearly aware of the pointlessness of complaints couched in this manner, yet you chose to do so anyway. Are you also aware that the guidelines for HN specifically deprecate this sort of thing? Moderating a public forum is a difficult task, Dang does a great job, and, while I do not think you intended it, it can come across as somewhat disrespectful to express disapproval of the content of an article by suggesting that his moderation didn't match one's particular point of view.