Hacker News Reader

[flagged]

We've banned this account for repeatedly and egregiously breaking the site guidelines.

If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

I don't think the fellow deserves to be banned, and would like to vouch for him (if that's possible?). It's his or her livelihood we're talking about here, and which is at stake with the threats of AI. Understandably things can get a little bit heated.

I appreciate your watching out for a fellow user—but it's not just about one post or one topic. (Note the word 'repeatedly' above.)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Btw, I did see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42770654 and I appreciated what you wrote there. It sucks to ban an account right after they posted something like that. But banning is based on bad deeds, not good ones (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26549792).

If you want to commit to following HN's rules in the future and using the site in the intended spirit, I'd be happy to unban you.

Then illuminate me. Or is this the hacker classic again to have the cake and eat it too? Ie, you should have the right to use the publishers' distribution networks for your book, but they are evil capitalists when they charge their rate?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com