[metadat]

Another well-known notable over-eager divergent opinion blocker is Garry Tan [0].

This is the first time I've seen the finger of accusation point to Paul Graham for excessively blocking. Is it possible the @fennecsound account participated in previous harassment and the target doesn't wish to endure more low-quality interactions?

My expectation is: HN folks, being generally sensitive souls, would have spoken up vocally on this site if it were a common ocurrence. I couldn't find any such prior accusations on algolia or web search.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32639125

Edit: Thanks for the reality check replies! Perhaps story submissions and discussions on this matter get flagged and die at a high rate.

[dmitriid]

Paul Graham bans people left and right. He's not nearly notable enough for it to become a phenomenon.

He banned me, and I think I've never had an interaction with him.

I've seen people I follow mentioning these bans, but most just shrug.

[reducesuffering]

Yep, there have been many on HN mentioning they were banned by him, like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042395 in this thread