Shadowbanning has two obvious benefits for the site: 1) Increases the time it takes trolls to realize they need to create a new account. 2) Pacifies angry, malicious users who might escalate their bad behavior when instantly banned. I haven't seen HN use shadowbanning to censor anyone. The people who are shadowbanned all seem to post unhinged, profane, off-topic, content-free rants. Personally, I think it makes the c…
I have been.
Can you link to examples of your comments that got your shadowbanned for censorship?