[ppbutt]

Funny how HackerNews deletes comments that warn against this... what side are the admins on?

[dredmorbius]

I quite honestly doubt that's the case.

I'm frequently critical of both tech and HN. My comments survive. Idlewords has done quite a few stripes better than myself on both counts.

If you've questions about comments, policy, or rating/voting (there can be a hivemind active at times), toss an email to the moderators (hn <at> ycombinator <dot> com). I've found they're responsive and generally pretty fair. Even when I'm disagreeing strongly with them.

[acdha]

Citation needed, especially given the degree to which the moderators give all but the most flagrant trolls multiple chances.

[grzm]

By "deleted comments", your parent is likely referring to the flagged dead comments in this thread.

[acdha]

Could be but that seems to be normal user voting rather than the moderators doing anything unusual

[grzm]

Yeah, I agree. It seems often members aren't aware of the difference or choose to make the distinction.

[dang]

As others have pointed out, users flag comments that break the site guidelines.