The passing of laws that affect technology platforms has always been on topic on HN. That shouldn't be surprising on a site that's specifically for people interested in technology and tech industry topics.
We've banned this account for repeatedly posting egregious comments over several years. This is not what HN is for and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Yeah, the topic or policy is irrelevant; it’s important to keep to the guidelines, and that includes being kind, and not posting flamebait or engaging in ideological battle.
Edit: I've reviewed your last few dozen comments, and too many of them are inflammatory with invocations of race politics. Other recent comments are low-substance snark. We need all this to stop. I can see from earlier comments that you know what kind of discussion is appropriate and inappropriate on HN. You've made good comments in the past so I don't want to ban you, but we can't let this kind of activity continue. HN is only a place where people want to participate because others make the effort to contribute positively and observe the guidelines. Please make an effort to raise the standards rather than drag them down.
Please don't make comments wishing that people – or groups of people – could “die off faster”. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. We've asked you at least once before not to post abusive comments. We have to ban accounts that persist with this kind of participation.
Please don't comment like this. We ask users not to post generated comments, but we also don't want snarky accusations like this. If a comment seems suspect, you can flag it or email us ([email protected]).
We've banned this account for repeatedly posting egregiously abusive comments. If you're the longtime user that you've claimed to be, you surely know this is unacceptable.
I understand you have personal reasons for having strong feelings about this. But the guidelines still apply, otherwise there'd be no point in having them. The problem with posting comments in an inflammatory, enraged style is that the substantive point gets lost in the emotional noise. I'm not sure if there's a viable way to share your experience in a form that is compatible with HN's ideal of curious conversation, but if there is, the style of this comment is certainly not it.
The particular parts of the guidelines we need you to pay attention to are:
Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.
WTF? Please don't comment like this on HN. It breaks multiple guidelines. Please take a moment to read the guidelines and make an effort to observe them if you want to keep participating https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
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