I think you have made this up.<p>I can&#x27;t see anywhere in the guidelines where there is any rule about not posting anything off-site relating to HN, or not identifying members of the community.<p>There isn&#x27;t even a rule against what you are choosing to label a &#x27;personal attack&#x27;, but looks reasonably civil to me.<p>Even if there were such a rule, attempting to silence dissent <i>outside</i> the communities own spaces is behavior typical of a cult or authoritarian regime.  A healthy community isn&#x27;t afraid of people thinking and saying things that some of its members don&#x27;t like.