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446 points tonmoy | 2 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ajonit ◴[24 Aug 23 17:06 UTC] No.37251548[source]▶
While you are there, go through dang’s comments timeline https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang

Moderating something like HN is a very hard job. Gratitude .

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bowsamic ◴[24 Aug 23 17:26 UTC] No.37251867[source]▶
I understand why but I don’t like how people are individually rate limited silently without their knowledge. It is certainly immoral

EDIT: unfortunately I cannot defend my point in the comments, as I am now rate limited :)

EDIT 2: /u/Dylan16807 yes I'm seeing that. When I try and post it says "you are posting too quickly, please slow down"

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shadowgovt ◴[24 Aug 23 18:02 UTC] No.37252420[source]▶
What principal of morality does rate-limiting a commenter on one's site violate?
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1. pessimizer ◴[24 Aug 23 18:36 UTC] No.37252850[source]▶
I don't have a problem with it, but it's obviously (for the person you're replying to) the secrecy.
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2. shadowgovt ◴[24 Aug 23 18:52 UTC] No.37253033[source]▶
Thank you; that makes sense. I can see that viewpoint, but I'm torn on whether I agree with it.

On the one hand, it's at the very least considered good UX to inform users of information regarding their account status that impacts their experience.

On the other hand, it's probably acceptable for a place called "Hacker News" to hide some community features behind "You have to demonstrate some willingness to do some computer sleuthing to learn this detail."