[zahlman]

> Do you honestly think I have not read that before? Like seriously?

It immediately and completely refutes your position, so if you have read it then you have no excuse.

> I don't even know where that is posted, I just see folks quote it all the time.

It is in one of the links in the page footer.

> I obviously don't abide, those were written at a different time with a different HN.

Two wrongs don't make a right. The policy is there for a reason, and I'm confident that any of the moderators will happily tell you that it's meant exactly as seriously now as it was at the beginning. But you don't have to take my word for it; you can also email [e-mail].

[soganess]

I am so confused wrt what you are attempting to do.

I literally do not care what the policy says. Must I say it that way? The policy

  (1) is logically incoherent

  (2) is not policed in an equitable way

  (3) is used to launder a worldview to young tech workers just coming to hn

  (4) ... do I need to keep going? because I can keep saying stuff

  (5) is just random bits on a server

I don't like it, many people don't like it, it has a negative chilling effect on the hn community. I am regularly voicing my concern in an effort to create my desired outcome. FWIW, the folks that want the rules changed are generally the most aware of them.

[zahlman]

Respectfully, I completely disagree with you on every point (except that I trust that you could indeed "keep going").