Ask HN: How do you get banned from HN? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you get banned from HN?

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Post by porkpieshoe » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #18

gnabgib wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This isn't accurate, what are you basing it on? The mods see lots. Maybe too much. Will react to enough flags, or some messages from users who seem trusted. You can get banned in 2 posts. Mods have much more info (like whether you've tried a new green account today) and there's some automation/rules to auto-ban.

It's based on personal experience and what little I know about how moderation works here. Of course as the mods have told me many, many times, I could just be wrong about everything. But I've seen plenty of things go by unnoticed and plenty of times the mods will bring up the quality of someone's comments or the age of their account when trying to talk someone down, meanwhile other accounts don't get as much slack. A…

How many times have you been banned, that this was repeatedly explained to you?

Re: Ask HN: How do you get banned from HN?

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Post by krapp » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

porkpieshoe wrote: post #21

krapp wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's based on personal experience and what little I know about how moderation works here. Of course as the mods have told me many, many times, I could just be wrong about everything. But I've seen plenty of things go by unnoticed and plenty of times the mods will bring up the quality of someone's comments or the age of their account when trying to talk someone down, meanwhile other accounts don't get as much slack. A…

How many times have you been banned, that this was repeatedly explained to you?

None, it's weird. I'm probably one of the few people dang has actually sworn at in his comments, and I piss people off and get flagged all the time, so I know plenty of people including the staff don't like me, but they've never banned me. They filtered my account for years so I could only post three comments an hour, though. But most of what I'm talking about comes from watching the mods interacting with other people. I spend far too much time here.

Re: Ask HN: How do you get banned from HN?

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Post by Sabinus » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC

jLaForest wrote: post #8

bitpush wrote: post #5

I saw someone getting banned the other day - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303888

So over sensitive mod takes personal offense at slightly coarse language?

This is supposed to be a site where we can discuss interesting topics without devolving into the emotional outbursts and personal attacks that characterise so much online interaction. If the capitalists really are ruining everything you can wake everyone here up in a neutral tone.

Re: Ask HN: How do you get banned from HN?

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Post by Sabinus » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC

porkpieshoe wrote: post #12

Sabinus wrote: post #11

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Your main account.

It's been a long, long time since there was value in having identity here. In 2010, sure, it was possible to make an actual, valuable professional connection on this site... but today? Nah. This is just a time-waste/wank site, and has been for a solid decade.

Look I'm sure you consider yourself a straight talking truth bomb dropping kinda guy but to the rest of us it's coming off as extremely bitter and snarky. If this website is truly so lost and useless, then just leave and never return. You'll be doing yourself a favour.