Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#1

Post by eicossa » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 6:16 AM UTC

Why are most of HN user [steve76](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=steve76) comments banned ? Is it because its a bot ?

Re: Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#2

Post by chaganated » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 6:27 AM UTC

Thanks for bringing this acct to my attn. Bot or based schizo, good reading either way.

Re: Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#3

Post by chordalkeyboard » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 6:37 AM UTC

Fascinating. I’m curious to know as well.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=steve76

Re: Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#4

Post by chaganated » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 6:44 AM UTC

chaganated wrote: post #2

Thanks for bringing this acct to my attn. Bot or based schizo, good reading either way.

After reading more of these, I doubt this is a bot. Also very curious about the 100% suppression of civil comments???

Re: Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#5

Post by chordalkeyboard » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 7:09 AM UTC

chaganated wrote: post #4

chaganated wrote: post #2

Thanks for bringing this acct to my attn. Bot or based schizo, good reading either way.

After reading more of these, I doubt this is a bot. Also very curious about the 100% suppression of civil comments???

Yes, very weird. Some of his comments were a little out there but I couldn’t see anything very wrong with others. Some were a little off topic.

Re: Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#6

Post by ratsmack » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 7:13 AM UTC

chordalkeyboard wrote: post #5

chaganated wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After reading more of these, I doubt this is a bot. Also very curious about the 100% suppression of civil comments???

Yes, very weird. Some of his comments were a little out there but I couldn’t see anything very wrong with others. Some were a little off topic.

It kind of appears that the links are marked dead on arrival. Maybe like a shadow ban for bad behavior at some point.

Re: Ask HN: Why are most comments on this account downvoted?

#7

Post by fingerlocks » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 11:52 AM UTC

More than once I’ve seen dang threaten to ban the alt accounts of an obnoxious user. Perhaps this the “real” account for an alt troll?