I do not have time to regurgitate my own history, but I scrolled over it once and it does not seem as controversial as you're portraying it here.
E.g. I only see one flagged comment, how is that "some"?
Pick a random user, check out their comments and see how many of their posts are greyed out, for a comparison.
Have you made side accounts? That is another thing that seems to get people blocked or limited.
As other say, don't take it personally, and don't stress - there is more to life than hn!
I have read my comments before the timeout again multiple times before posting this thread here and IMHO they are just stating facts about software, not much of making an opinion about the facts themselves.
I had intentionally left room for other commenters to have their own opinion.
Quote: "As with all things in life, a golden rule applies: If you don't like it then don't use it, that's ok!"
> Reach out to hn@ycombinator.com to find out more and make an appeal.
Uhm, are you actually a human who has read my thread or are you some kind of chat AI?
Because the first line literally says: "Some suggest emailing HN, but I do not have an email address anymore (because they all want phone numbers nowadays)."
Anyway, considering the large number of upvotes this Ask HN has gained, seems more people in the community are interested in clarity. Considering the search function also does not yield clarity it would probably be beneficial for the moderation team and overall peace to make things more clear here?
Sorry :)
The idiom that comes to mind is "cutting off your nose to spite your face."
I do not see how I should suddenly become customer to some unrelated external services which could literally cause my phone to ring all day just in order to be entitled to ask some questions?
It seems you're escalating the tone here, which I do not intend to participate in.
If you believe your phone is going to ring all day because you have an email address, I'm not sure anyone here can help you. You may need a refresher on how phones work.
The answers to the questions are of interest to the community so why not have them see them? :)
> these are questions for the admins that actually run this place, and there's little to no guarantee they'd even see this post, whereas an email to them would get seen by them.
If the admins dig deeply enough through comments inside threads to rate limit me, surely they will see a top-level thread.
And indeed: They saw the thread and replied. (dang is their name)
> If you believe your phone is going to ring all day because you have an email address, I'm not sure anyone here can help you. You may need a refresher on how phones work.
You skipped over the part where I said that nowadays it is impossible to get an email account without telling the provider your phone number.
They all want your phone number nowadays, they demand it during registration.