I agree with your sentiment. Saying nobody reads their comments is incorrect, however.
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#12A simple solution is to make sure there is some way of contacting you in your profile. If I come across an account that is making comments in good faith but has been hellbanned, then I look to their profile. If I can find a way to contact them, I do. Usually they e-mail `info@ycombinator.com` and get their account reinstated. It seems like other folks here participate in a similar Friendly Neighbor policy.
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#13This has been brought up a bunch of times before. An Upvote for dead comments should make them visible. I was once shadow banned on an older account. I don't remember what I said, but it wasn't that bad. I had made like 10 or so effort-posts until I realize someone had monkeyed with my account.
edit: Also, if you get so many upvotes on your comments, say 20, you are automatically un-shadow-banned.
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#14It's important for people to include an email in their 'about' box on their profile, so that other HN users can get in contact.
HN seems to be pretty good about letting people know that they're banned, either by email or in threads. It's probably a good idea to check their comment history before letting them know.
jere's comment is disturbing. I tend to stay away from some hotbutton topics now, and anything involving certain companies involves weird voting (both up and down). That's a great shame on a site like HN.
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#15This actually wasn't my first account. I lurked for a while and then finally decided to join. When I first joined, I commented for a few weeks and then stumbled into a conversation that involved Steve Jobs and poaching employees. The top comment was talking about how greedy Jobs was and I replied pointing out that he had taken $1 in salary and no stocks for several years. I wasn't totally clear in my first comment an…
How did you know you were "ghost banned"? Do you get an email or something?
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#16I don't know what the exact answer is, but I agree with the sentiment. There is already a showdead for a reason, and I assume it is the same sentiment.
I also dont see that many dead posts that I find objectionable or worth removing their comment because it contains someones interpretation of a little too much snark.
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#17This actually wasn't my first account. I lurked for a while and then finally decided to join. When I first joined, I commented for a few weeks and then stumbled into a conversation that involved Steve Jobs and poaching employees. The top comment was talking about how greedy Jobs was and I replied pointing out that he had taken $1 in salary and no stocks for several years. I wasn't totally clear in my first comment an…
How did you know you were "ghost banned"? Do you get an email or something?
This wasn't clear?:
"A few people messaged me on other channels to let me know."
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#18Re: Ask PG: Please consider a resurrection vote for the undead amongst us
#19I agree with your sentiment. Saying nobody reads their comments is incorrect, however.
Especially when I follow that by saying I read the comments!
(But for the most part, no one reads the comments of the dead.)
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#20This actually wasn't my first account. I lurked for a while and then finally decided to join. When I first joined, I commented for a few weeks and then stumbled into a conversation that involved Steve Jobs and poaching employees. The top comment was talking about how greedy Jobs was and I replied pointing out that he had taken $1 in salary and no stocks for several years. I wasn't totally clear in my first comment an…
Do you have a link to the comments of the old account?