It wasn't a swipe. I pointed out that haven't been paying attention to probe launches. Nothing offensive about that. I also wasn't paying attention for years. So what?
I'm pretty confident in my understanding of HN's guidelines and dang's views on them. He's the site moderator (I am not). Note that most of HN's actual moderation is, however, by ordinary members.
I'm not going to argue the point. I strongly encourage you to read through dang's comments and admonitions on this point, which makes clear just what constitutes a swipe:
<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...>
And ... you've been admonished before on this specific point, more than once: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39696275> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37925316> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37906769>
Not everyone pays attention to the NASA probe launch schedule. So what? It's not a swipe. As I said, I wasn't paying attention to that for years.
A forum like HN is perennially teetering on the edge of a downward spiral and can easily burn itself to a crisp. The founding idea of the site was to try to stave that fate off, at least for a while.
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23047709>
That also links to pg's original HN "Welcome" post, which expands on these goals. I've read that before, but am re-reading and re-absorbing its points again now: