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by ryeights 87 days ago
>I had no idea this story existed and woke up to claims that I was obviously* suppressing it.

To be fair, it seems you’re saying the submission was being suppressed, just not intentionally. Lots of props of course for transparency and reboosting the story
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dang 87 days ago
When people use the word "suppressed" they usually mean that we were personally intervening to do something suppressive. This being the internet, they say that with supreme confidence whether it's true or not.

For example, the comment I was referring to, which was the first one I saw, said "It is being suppressed by @dang" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47457010). You can't get more personal, definitive, or wrong than that.

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sebmellen 87 days ago
Okay but my comment here said that it was being suppressed (intentionally?).

In my other comment, I actually did not mean to write “it is being suppressed by dang” but rather “it is being suppressed @dang”… Because my impression is that that alerts you somehow? I may be wrong about this.

Please give your long-time readers the benefit of the doubt. I was correct that it was being suppressed. I'm also very thankful for your moderation of the site. I know you do a lot of hard work on that front.

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