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Arbitrary killing of posts and comments by editorial fiat is a storied HN tradition.



But this is not one of those instances, I'm all for what happened here.


It's not arbitrary, it's just not explained.


If there are rules, the only plausible reason not to announce the rules is so that you can change them without having to give notice. This assumes that the rules haven't been announced, of course; maybe they have.


The guidelines are linked in the footer:

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


It's not arbitrary. I flagged the story and I am pretty sure others flagged the story, too. Flagged stories get killed. It's the right thing to do.




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