Hellbanned from Hacker News
During my hellban about two years ago (I posted an article which had been silently banned, and was flagged for spam, I guess?), I was anonymously advised that the HN moderators were "capricious and tone-deaf", and that my recourse was to contact PG directly.After a curt and unpleasant email exchange, I was back on my feet.  Pretty stupid that I had to bother PG at all, and even stupider that my one interaction with him was so needlessly distasteful.