Ask HN: Why does an article critical of Paul Graham get removed?

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5 years ago

I just saw this article (https://antipodes.substack.com/paul-graham-is-not-a-public-intellectual) that has now been removed from HN and also the Substack page shows a 404.

I read through the article, and while critical of Paul Graham, it wasn't out of line or insulting or something.

I'm also surprised that it got removed from Substack (which is a YC company) - not sure why the author himself would have removed it?

What's happening?

Edit: Yes, it looks like the author removed it from Substack: https://twitter.com/MichaelOChurch/status/1336033522327445504?s=20

But still worries me that it was flagged down on HN.

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