Ask HN: Did HN banned me? Can you see h this?

#1

Post by yurielt » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 8:04 AM UTC

Hey I do not know what is happening but when I comment my friends can’t see my comments here is this standard HN procedure , if you see this please upvote if you are shy or comment but I don’t know what happened have I been shadowbanned

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#2

Post by Arigato » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 8:14 AM UTC

sup

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#3

Post by Normille » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 8:28 AM UTC

Coming through loud and clear.

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#4

Post by throwaway4good » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 8:29 AM UTC

Does HN have a shadow ban mechanism?

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#5

Post by alex14fr » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 8:33 AM UTC

Nope, can't see you.

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#6

Post by hntroll666 » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 10:00 AM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #4

Does HN have a shadow ban mechanism?

Seems like it. I think I'm shadowbanned.

@dang Is that so? Why?

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#7

Post by yorwba » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 11:23 AM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #4

Does HN have a shadow ban mechanism?

Yes. You can enable "showdead" in your profile to see [dead] comments hidden by default. Comments end up [dead] when they have been [flagged] by enough other users, when the user has been explicitly [banned] by the mods or if the user tripped an automated system (bot detection, sockpuppet of a banned account, lots of [flagged] comments...)

If you think a [dead] comment would contribute positively to the conversation, you can vouch for it, in which case it will become visible to everyone once enough people have vouched for it.

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#8

Post by yurielt » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 11:53 AM UTC

yorwba wrote: post #7

throwaway4good wrote: post #4

Does HN have a shadow ban mechanism?

Yes. You can enable "showdead" in your profile to see [dead] comments hidden by default. Comments end up [dead] when they have been [flagged] by enough other users, when the user has been explicitly [banned] by the mods or if the user tripped an automated system (bot detection, sockpuppet of a banned account, lots of [flagged] comments...) If you think a [dead] comment would contribute positively to the conversation,…

Wow I did not know this let me know if you can see this reply but hey thanks a lot for letting me know

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#9

Post by dang » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 11:54 PM UTC

hntroll666 wrote: post #6

throwaway4good wrote: post #4

Does HN have a shadow ban mechanism?

Seems like it. I think I'm shadowbanned. @dang Is that so? Why?

You're banned, but not shadowbanned, because we told you here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26930848.

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#10

Post by dang » Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 11:56 PM UTC

We didn't shadowban you as such, but software kills comments when account karma goes below an extremely low threshold. That's because accounts basically never reach that state without getting involved in some guidelines-breaking flamewar.

A quick look at your commenting history suggests that this was the case here. We warned you repeatedly, in fact:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25751171

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26788381

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26788385

That's the sort of history we do ban accounts for, for what should be obvious reasons. Also, please don't create accounts to break the site guidelines with and please don't routinely create accounts, which is itself against the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.