[JohnFen]

Yes, this has been a terrible escalation of the battle. It means that, in addition to my other defensive tactics, I also need to be sure not to create accounts, even -- or especially -- free ones.

[chmsky00]

Surely Ycombinator (or others) would never run analysis on comments on HN to spot emerging trends.

Is moderating for users or to keep their inference engine simple?

I mean the backers of Facebook? The schemers who took back control of Reddit?

Surely the most principled of people.