Is this a warning or am I hellbanned? I apologize for violating the rules but for what it's worth I was annoyed at the comment and didn't think to ignore it. I'd appreciate hearing back the verdict if so. I regret the comment.
Not at all! I was speaking only generally. It would surely be excessive to first scold someone and then ban them.
Please understand that I didn't mean to pick on you personally. Our goal is to send feedback signals into the community generally, and it's only about content, never individuals.
The comment you replied to was of course very bad, and we appreciate your looking out for the integrity of HN. The better way to do that would be to simply downvote the bad comment, or, in extreme cases, flag it. And you can always email us at hn@ycombinator.com.
I completely understand the logic and appreciate the response. I'll keep my future comments content-oriented and keep that in mind. I was pretty surprised when pg instituted the pending comments but I think I'm beginning to see where the idea came from...
