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by idlewords 5962 days ago
Arbitrary killing of posts and comments by editorial fiat is a storied HN tradition.
3 comments
jacquesm 5962 days ago
But this is not one of those instances, I'm all for what happened here.
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tvon 5962 days ago
It's not arbitrary, it's just not explained.
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randallsquared 5962 days ago
If there are rules, the only plausible reason not to announce the rules is so that you can change them without having to give notice. This assumes that the rules haven't been announced, of course; maybe they have.
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tvon 5962 days ago
The guidelines are linked in the footer:

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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pkaler 5962 days ago
It's not arbitrary. I flagged the story and I am pretty sure others flagged the story, too. Flagged stories get killed. It's the right thing to do.
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