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How do you propose that I link to deleted posts, muted accounts, and threads that are removed from the main index? Those aren't things that I can just link to
by xbrjvjcjcj 11y ago
How do you propose that I link to deleted posts, muted accounts, and threads that are removed from the main index? Those aren't things that I can just link to evidence of. Perhaps from your end, but not for the rest of us.
- dang 11y agoNothing is deleted from Hacker News unless the author deletes it themselves or asks us to. Everything else can be linked to. Hence my question. If a post is marked [dead], only users with 'showdead' turned on in their profile will see it, but that's trivial to turn on, so anyone who wants to read such comments easily can. And of course users are free to vouch for [dead] comments, which in most cases promotes them back to normal status. Since you've made many accounts on HN, presumably you know all this.
- teawithcarl 11y agoDang, the commenter you are fighting with is right. I had my account hell banned by posting "too many articles about Snowden/NSA". PG even modified the HN code to automatically friction-drag (partially flag) articles of such content. He simply blocked content which didn't agree with his viewpoint. I lost nearly all respect for HN over this. I am a solid citizen here (my comments are solid and regularly upvoted), yet my account is hell-banned primarily for my views. I personally believe this is proof that "peak-HN" and "peak-YC" has already occurred.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoGiven that I can see your post, I don't think you can be hellbanned (presuming that I understand hellbanning correctly).
- teawithcarl 11y agoMy account has various drag-coefficients on it - which "dang" can see ... all of which hamstring my ability to participate (anywhere near) equally on HN.
- kbenson 11y agoWhat's a drag-coefficient in this context? What, specifically, are you seeing that's somehow preventing you from participating equally?