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Ask HN: Why are certain posts to HN getting 'Dead“-ed?

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Post by cdvonstinkpot »

I recently enabled "showdead" on my account, & I'm seeing posts get "dead"-ed, in which its not immediately clear as to why they get killed.

Examples:

jonathanhadams.com

-and-

socialposter.org

It leads me to wonder what criteria is implemented to determine which to kill...

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#5

Post by minimaxir »

mindcrime wrote: post #4

Some die because they get flagged by users. Some die because the submitter is banned. Some die because the domain is banned. There may be other reasons, but I don't know of any others for sure.

"Flagged" links explicitly have a [flagged] tag now.

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#6

Post by brudgers »

The first website is a blog that contains one entry. It's about getting banned by a bank. The second is a domain that styles itself "The Right Way To Automate Your Facebook Groups Marketing". It's easy to see either or both sites winding up as the endpoint for problematic link submission patterns.
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