[untog]

People don't write their blog posts exclusively for HN.

Just because someone other than the original author posted an item to HN does not mean the original author should be held to account for some perceived slight to this site.

[busterarm]

I don't know if you noticed but she has a dedicated section in her site navigation labelled 'HN-related'.

Whether her blog post is exclusively for HN or not, her post is definitely for/about HN.

[zepto]

Is the implication that she shouldn't write about HN on her blog?

[busterarm]

No, the implication is that if the rules of community are no personal attacks, making those personal attacks in another venue where it's still clearly and identifiably about the community/member is still a violation of the rules of community.

[zepto]

I think you have made this up.

I can't see anywhere in the guidelines where there is any rule about not posting anything off-site relating to HN, or not identifying members of the community.

There isn't even a rule against what you are choosing to label a 'personal attack', but looks reasonably civil to me.

Even if there were such a rule, attempting to silence dissent outside the communities own spaces is behavior typical of a cult or authoritarian regime. A healthy community isn't afraid of people thinking and saying things that some of its members don't like.

[busterarm]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10906242

I'm not saying silence dissent outside HN. People are free to post on their blogs whatever they want. If they are making a personal attack against someone on HN on their personal blog, the link to that blog post should be blocked from this site and the user absolutely warned/banned if they themselves share it.

[zepto]

How do you know it's an attack and not just a statement of fact?