[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