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I’m furious about it, I just made a joke in passing because this piece isn’t about that. As it turns out, when I write about the threat to democracy, HN doesn’t actually let the link survive. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42607135

> I just made a joke in passing because this piece isn’t about that.

I get that and maybe it's just me but it really fell flat. The world is on fire and it's reasonable to take a break from writing about that sad reality but in that case, I'd rather the writing not mention it at all instead of making me think about the horrorshow but then making light of it.

Your article about Procurement Capture is spot on.

I get it, we’re all sort of running into the brutality of the descent into authoritarianism at different times and in different ways all the time, we’ll be out of sync with our respective senses of whether we can process it as grief or absurdity or anger or fatigue or whatever at different times. I don’t fault anybody for feeling my tone is off if they’re not in the same mindset at the point when they’re reading.

anil, your tone is spot on. keep it up. most of us enjoy it.

source: decade-old HN lurker acct who lurked for years before that until registering

HN can't fit everyone's writing about 'the threat to democracy', beside the fact it's not really HNs remit. DOGE was still the most discussed topic on HN in the weeks after its establishment. The idea that HN didn't 'let you' is pretty spurious and (however understandably) self-absorbed.

Making jokes isn't an endorsement! It's often a coping mechanism.

Only thing infuriating is your tone policing on a good point.

There is enough policing as such already by people in power. You not doing it can be a good thing.

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