<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10906242" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10906242</a><p>I&#x27;m not saying silence dissent outside HN.  People are free to post on their blogs whatever they want.  If they are making a personal attack against someone on HN on their personal blog, the link to that blog post should be blocked from this site and the user absolutely warned&#x2F;banned if they themselves share it.