I’ve been banned from HN many times and I’ll get banned again for ban evading (on top of flagged etc). Yes, HN has fallen wayside - not recently, but awhile back. Has nothing to do with election cycles, people just love shitposting, dogpiling and other nonsense.
I’m trying to find a good HN replacement that’s nuts and bolts hackerdom with a bit of edgy posting thrown in so it’s not sterile, but it’s hard to find.
I worked a cleaner in McDonalds. On the first Saturday, a guy came in with has family, eat, and left a complaint. I thought this was an issue but I was told this guy comes ever Saturday and always complains. Right enough, he did the next weekend and the next…
I never understood it. But every so often, I spot it again.
We don't care about "ban evading" in the sense that anyone is welcome to make a new account as long as they play by the rules. But as you know you can't post like this:
I’m trying to find a good HN replacement that’s nuts and bolts hackerdom with a bit of edgy posting thrown in so it’s not sterile, but it’s hard to find.