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Oh man, I would find a shadowban, especially over something so overtly political so amusing! Of course, it's probably just a technical glitch.

• spicyj 11y ago
  (FWIW, this comment is not [dead].)
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• nostrademons 11y ago
  I suspect that the word "masturbati_n" triggers an auto-kill filter on Hacker News. There are 3 comments on this article that are all dead, all 3 include that word. Probably too many threads that got derailed by complaints of "intellectual masturbati_n".
• douche 11y ago
  To nostrademons: Yepp, it would appear that any mention of expert-luring, possibly with some kind of fuzzy match, triggers the auto-kill sequence. Wonder if synonyms of a homonym are acceptable?
• zo1 11y ago
  What is a shadow ban? Any links?
  • gizmo686 11y ago
    A shadow ban is where you do not inform a user that he has been banned, but silently hide all posts from said user. In your profile settings, you can set showdead to "yes" to see comments made by shadowbanned users.
    • zo1 11y ago
      Thanks for the info!