I ask this with kindness and no ill will -- because I am curious. If that is true, than why are you still using the site and contributing comments? There are tons of great places to read newsworthy and interesting articles.
As I said, I enjoy many commenters, have learned a great deal from them, and have enjoyed my conversations with them.
This is at odds with my very negative view of the site itself, its founder, and how it's moderated. Also, I have to go out of my way to ignore the enormous amounts of link-bait and startup bubble fluff. In fact, I would say that the articles themselves offer almost no value, but some of the discussions are highly educational.
All that banning did was waste a good amount of my time until I figured out what had happened, create a lot of ill-will, and then I made a new account.
