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Comment by drx | Hacker News Reader

On one hand, hellbanning does waste people's time (perhaps even well-intentioned people) and it is regrettable.

On the other hand, pg has no obligation to publish your comments on his website.

On the other other hand, if he wants to maintain a site that attracts users, taking their feedback into account is probably a good idea.

(notice how no-one said there was an obligation to publish things -- read this article as a piece of feedback, not a demand)

I wasn't directly replying to the OP.

  > pg has no obligation to publish your comments on his
  > website

That's true, but 'hellbanning' isn't the only way to achieve this. It's not a "hellbanning" or "publish all comments" decision.

Without visitor input, PG has no website.