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It's not being blacklisted or censored (see other comment with link to submissions).

My suspicion: it's not relevant to the HN audience. DF is opinion pieces (mostly) about Apple. While I'm sure many DF readers use some Apple device(s), I suspect many (most?) DF readers do not care about "inside baseball"[0] for Apple.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_baseball_(metaphor)

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Unlikely. “Rotten in Cupertino” was a bombshell and this forum should have been where the most insightful discussion took place. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43348891

100%. But if Gruber/Daringfireball are even shown for a split second, there's a kneejerk reaction to flag it before the flagger even often reads it. It's a shame.

a "bombshell" for the bubble of Apple-superfans, shocked that their high priest is criticizing Apple, maybe. For the rest of the world?

A 'bombshell' to me would include some original journalism, details we weren't otherwise aware of. I read that article, it is basically an essay about a guy realizing that the pedestal he puts Apple on may need some recalibration, just because their AI product sucks. Apple Maps in 2011 sucked too, the company is not immune to putting out crap.

As opposed to slop on medium and nautil.us constantly posted here lol. (or wikipedia)

This is it for me. I've been using macs since 1985 (!) but I just don't think that blog is very interesting. From what I've seen, you're right that it's mostly Apple "inside baseball" and I just don't care.

How then do you explain DF being #3 from 2007-2021 and #72 from 2021-2025?

Don’t ask them. The only one who can give you a sure answer is @dang .

My guess is that HN users flag the hell out of DF submissions for whatever reason, and that causes the so-called graylisting. But again only @dang can give you a straight answer.

If you prefer email, Dan can be reached at hn@ycombinator.com. He seems like a friendly guy.

Have you considered the possibility that the world has changed after 2020, and there's more to discuss re: technology and society than whatever Apple is up to? We've had Covid, meme stocks, Jan 6th, Huawei bans, Ukraine, NFTs, stablecoin collapses, Twitter takeover, AI everything, Chinese EVs, Tiktok ban....this list goes on.

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