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>>tonmoy+(OP)
While you are there, go through dang’s comments timeline https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang

Moderating something like HN is a very hard job. Gratitude .

>>ajonit+wb
I understand why but I don’t like how people are individually rate limited silently without their knowledge. It is certainly immoral

EDIT: unfortunately I cannot defend my point in the comments, as I am now rate limited :)

EDIT 2: /u/Dylan16807 yes I'm seeing that. When I try and post it says "you are posting too quickly, please slow down"

>>bowsam+Fg
That was done to me as well. I still have no idea why and when I finally got it lifted dang didn't know why either. One of the most infuriating experiences I've had in a forum, and actively made worse by the sycophantic adoring articles going around at the time citing their "personal human touch". dang explained that they can't possibly have time to give everyone that personal human touch! But not to the reporters, apparently.

>>lazyas+Jm1
Have you considered asking for a refund?

>>tptace+Ur1
HN is free. If you paid for it, you have been scammed

>>bowsam+Eu1
He knows that. I suspect he is implying that I have nothing to complain about because it is a free service, which is a pretty vacuous argument.

>>lazyas+rw1
It's a response to your expectation of personalized service.

>>tptace+1x1
I think you need to take a basic class in ethics if you think ethics are determined entirely by rights and law

>>bowsam+B22
A stranger providing you a service for free doesn't have an ethical obligation to answer your emails.

>>pvg+sk2
Personally I think they do

>>bowsam+jz2
I'd be interested to learn more about the moral framework that arrives at such a conclusion.

Broadly speaking, the hacker ethos has relied on a "share and enjoy" metric, a direct reference to a bit from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. People sometimes forget that the bit goes on to offer specific suggestions for those who are receiving something for free and have complaints regarding the flavor directed at the provider.

>>shadow+N33
I think that even if you offer a service for free you are obliged to offer a level of quality and support, much like how you can’t just sell poisonous ice cream. I don’t believe in “share and enjoy” and I don’t think that “warranty free” is morally good