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I understand the feeling! but I need to explain that we don't see all the comments or read all the threads—not even close. In fact not even 10%. There's far too much for any human to read it all and we're pretty bare-bones over here. So when you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likely explanation is that we didn't see it. You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com. That said, other people's behavior doesn't change the moderation response to your own account. It's just like when the cops pull you (or me, at least) over for speeding—it's always annoying because you know that other people were speeding much worse. Why didn't they get a ticket instead? The answer, in both cases, is simple if unsatisfying: it's just random. We need you to follow the rules regardless of what other accounts are doing. If they're breaking the rules repeatedly, they'll eventually get "pulled over" and dealt with too. In case it helps, I have scolded and banned countless accounts for posting "nasty shit about russians, chinese, arabs, indians, etc" - that's totally not cool regardless of which population someone has a problem with. If you're trying to stand up for minority populations on HN, we're on your side in that respect. You can see a bit of the long history that I have with this dynamic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/chinamod. It's the same for other populations. But you simply can't do it by flouting the rules. I know it's almost impossible not to be angry when encountering the double standards and one-sidedness that circulate around these issues, but if you try to defend against it with snark, flamewar, fulmination, and so on, it only makes things worse, and you put us in a position where we're forced to moderate you regardless of how right you are. It may not be fair, but it's inevitable. I've written many past explanations about this in case any of it is helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... |