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Ask HN: Why are certain posts to HN getting 'Dead“-ed?
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...
- Plishar 11y agoThose examples are top level domains. Usually people post specific articles vs. top level domains. Perhaps you can find specific examples?
- minimaxir 11y agoBoth people who submitted those links are hellbanned. (check their submission history)
- mindcrime 11y agoSome 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.
- minimaxir 11y ago"Flagged" links explicitly have a [flagged] tag now.
- brudgers 11y agoThe 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.
- throwaway129 11y agohow do you know if your account is banned/hell banned?