When someone describes their comments as having "a little aggression", usually they vastly and egregiously broke the site guidelines. Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear—we all have a tendency to overestimate what the other person is doing by a good 10x and underestimate what we've contributed ourselves.
You posted a huge number of comments in this largely off topic subthread, provoking others repeatedly with swipes and flamebait (by the time we get to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28193336 that's practically all that's left). This is the way that threads degenerate, and I replied to you because you did by far the most to push it in that direction.
It may be true that other users broke the site guidelines also, and if so they shouldn't. But that doesn't mean what they did was equally bad. I'd have to see specific links to know; it's impossible for us to read all the threads thoroughly (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...), and so it's impossible for moderation to be consistent. This is the same reason why cops don't give tickets to all speeders: there are too many of them. Of course it always feels unfair when you're the one pulled over, and it always feels like the mods are against you when you or your side gets scolded.
You posted a huge number of comments in this largely off topic subthread, provoking others repeatedly with swipes and flamebait (by the time we get to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28193336 that's practically all that's left). This is the way that threads degenerate, and I replied to you because you did by far the most to push it in that direction.
It may be true that other users broke the site guidelines also, and if so they shouldn't. But that doesn't mean what they did was equally bad. I'd have to see specific links to know; it's impossible for us to read all the threads thoroughly (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...), and so it's impossible for moderation to be consistent. This is the same reason why cops don't give tickets to all speeders: there are too many of them. Of course it always feels unfair when you're the one pulled over, and it always feels like the mods are against you when you or your side gets scolded.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...