[graderjs]

Ha! Says the anon account with not even two pages of comments in 4 years

Why not use your real identity if you're so confident your claim is good?

That's pretty creepy and a bit disgusting to post that on someone's Show HN. Be a nicer human!

Tho.. Yeah... Sadly it does say something about how much HN can still improve it's response to Shows that people get so suspicious if there's too many positive comments and not enough negative ones--that they go looking for 'proof'.

[Southland]

My claim? My post said - what are the odds all of these old accounts appeared out of the blue to post their first comment here? If you are taking that question as a personal insult, I'm sorry you feel that way.

[graderjs]

Haha, you know you can't apologize for someone's feelings, right? Their feelings are their responsibility, not yours. But your actions are your responsibility. Trying to incorrectly apologize for someone else's feelings is not owning your responsibility, and doubly bad because you seem to suggest that the problem is not your action but someone else's reaction which is incorrect. So if you feel you need to apologize, you can only do so for your actions. Got it? So go ahead, if you want to apologize, your can say, "I'm sorry for posting that"

The problem with that post is it's unnecessarily mean and you don't actually have any data to back up that claim, it's just speculation and a nasty one at that. It degrades the tone of discussion on a Show HN which is inappropriate, and is not what is aimed for here. If you feel there's an issue then email the mods, as they can take a look at the real data. Don't make baseless and cruel speculation on someone showing their work. Got it?

[hunter2_]

You might be onto something. See https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/i-almost-got-banned-h...

But messaging the mods to investigate is the better strategy.