He was basically driven off of the website, and almost never posts anymore.
It's kindof a bummer, actually. That guy posted really good comments.
Furthermore, he's even gotten people shadow banned on the site for minor disagreements. He is way too aggressive and then says it's not his problem.
From what I can tell, that was an understatement. I don't think there was any one big incident, but he often came off as pretentious and very confrontational and rude, and I guess enough people heard about that behavior that his comments stopped being well received, no matter how good they were.
A couple examples of what people didn't like:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kleinbl00/comments/e59s8/on_aggress...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j8sk9/am_i_being...
If you have the time to write a snarky reply about how you don't have the time to read an article then you should reconsider some things.
If someone's got time for a long read with no direct benefit of itself, that's fine, but there's no reason to cap on those who are simply seeking some context on the item.
There's far more content online (even just on HN) than anyone can possibly hope to assess, let alone read, in a lifetime. If Sturgeon's Law at Web scale were only six-sigma compliant, it would be a huge improvement.
The objective of this "journalistic narrative" genre seems to be to hide the information for as long as possible, only to reveal what happened at the very last moment.</rant>
It was a really great surprise that it just kept getting more and more positive. I wish more exposé style pieces covered positive stories like this instead of just stories on scandal, crime and corruption.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/chc3k/iama_fella_getti...
Resolution:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Youngluck/comments/cipv9/sentencing_...
This reminds me that stories are the best way to help us develop our empathy.
