As mentioned by the comments on twitter, DF isn't blacklisted on HN (last link to it was 2 weeks ago, not months ago as claimed).<p>John Gruber has presumably just mistaken not being popular for being blacklisted.
I never realized they were the same thing. To think I've been missing out on Daring Fireball's useful note-taking features all this time.<p>Edit: I suppose a more suitable and direct answer to the question would be to quote John Maynard Keynes: When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
I think John is referring to one of these two stories, and I don't see any anomalies in either of their trajectories:
<a href="http://hnrankings.info/5833716,5833388/" rel="nofollow">http://hnrankings.info/5833716,5833388/</a><p>In my opinion, sitting at rank 22 with 90 points over 5 hours isn't half bad, and probably is due to a relatively slow news day.
is this because with https it's not appearing in his referer logs?<p>[if i add this line i get back above the copy comment! page ranking seems to depend on number of lines in post?!]
DF isn't blacklisted. I read (and actually quite enjoyed) "Google Versus" that was posted here three weeks ago. Additionally, a search reveals other decently upvoted DF submissions within the referenced time period.<p>Nice to see DHH spouting off some <i>stuff</i>. (I'm sure he'll apologize as soon as he realizes he and Gruber are simply confused) [DHH : HN :: Adrian Chen : reddit]. They ought to just leave well enough alone. Everytime they open with a blanket dismissal and comment on the participants of a site like reddit or hacker news, they really just make themselves look like angry resentful people.<p>I swear to God, I hope I never have the ego and name recognition that these people do. The paranoia that must cause someone to worry about their site being blacklisted from here and then assuming that a project they're involved with is ALSO blocked... is just a tad amusing. (And then taking to a soapbox without bothering with a 10 second search to confirm)<p>edit: Sorry if I got fired up, I'm having a hard time adjusting to my amazingly changed life now that I have yet another "gorgeous" "easy" note taking app that only works on one platform and doesn't sync to anything useful.