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Freedom of speech means you are free to express your opinions. Freedom of speech does not mean a private, third party is obligated to provide you with a forum
by kjs3 11y ago
Freedom of speech means you are free to express your opinions. Freedom of speech does not mean a private, third party is obligated to provide you with a forum to express your opinions. You have an almost infinite opportunity to express yourself on the internet; get over yourself.
I've been hellbanned apparently, which ever so slightly annoys me considering it was for stuff that "cooler" posters don't have an eye batted at, but I don't pretend HN owes me anything.
- dang 11y ago> I've been hellbanned apparently No, by definition that's banning someone without telling them, and we told you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10545474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10545474. Pretty much the only accounts that we ban without telling them are brand new ones that are spamming or trolling. If a user has any real history here, we tell them that they're banned, and there's a standing invitation for anyone who sincerely intends to improve their behavior on the site to email us and get unbanned. There's also now a mechanism—as other users have explained in this thread—for comments by banned users to get restored by the community on a case-by-case basis. We're thinking of abolishing shadow-banning altogether and making a big announcement that we've done so, because there's still a lot of misunderstanding around this, and we barely do it anyway. But I don't like to make any big change without first letting it simmer a long time. It's simmering.
- kjs3 11y agoI missed that. Still, banned for things other, cooler posters are allowed, but I can beg to be forgiven. Good to know.