> "People want to remove the influence the owner has on public discourse."

Deplatforming completely failed in preventing the rise of the right wing over the past two administrations; if anything, it reinforced their delusions of persecution, strengthening them. And now that the leftists are on the back foot, deplatforming is going to be even less effective. It's just doubling down on a losing strategy.

That being said, I'm all in favor of blocking X links as HN submissions anyway. They almost always seem to be off topic or low value.