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0 pointsderekp76y ago0 comments

I'll often come across shadow banned comments, and when I look at the author's post history (back to the first dead comment, plus a few pages of comments before) I really don't see anything wrong. Is it because the comment(s) that got them banned have been removed?

When I run across such an account, should I email an HN mod to investigate? I wouldn't mind doing that, but I've tried before and never got a reply back -- so not sure what the outcome was.

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emilfihlman6y ago· 1 in thread

It's possibly because of a single comment (out of n, where n is large) of disagreeing with the crowd or saying something unpleasant or a mod powertripping.

It's stupid as fuck. Reddit is also plagued by it.

phillijw6y ago

I am shadow banned. I think because of one comment I made many years ago that was heavily downvoted? I just don't log in anymore. I emailed PG at the time and he said there's nothing he can do.

samatman6y ago

I presume that sometimes, it's a new account of someone who has been permanently banned for bad behavior.

Emailing a mod can't hurt, though.

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