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NOTE: The link only appears to work for my old account?? Was I shadow banned? Perhaps banning decenting opinions are a big reason why this election was such a s

NOTE: The link only appears to work for my old account?? Was I shadow banned? Perhaps banning decenting opinions are a big reason why this election was such a supprise to everyone. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ttyltrful https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ttyltrful

matt4077 10y ago
Not banned / save the conspiracies for another day / "dissenting" / "surprise"
- huffpopo 10y ago
  Then where is it? Why are my posts missing?
  - grzm 10y ago
    It does look like ttyltrful was banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684780 If you enable "showdead" in your account settings for huffpopo, you should be able to see them. As for banning dissenting opinions, watching the behavior of sctb and dang, it's pretty clear to me that they ban based on uncivil behavior, not content. Users on the other hand do sometimes flag or down vote to express disagreement.
    - huffpopo 10y ago
      Thanks. Makes sense, I was AB testing the community. I'll be quitting HN now. I won't bore anyone with details. All the best.
  - nkurz 10y ago
    Yes, your previous https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ttyltrful https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ttyltrful appears to be banned. Likely, it was after you ignored Scott's warning here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684066. Statistically, it's probably a good decision to ban new accounts that start off with two snide comments. The particular comment you linked (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12863445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12863445) seemed reasonable, so I 'vouched' for it. It doesn't look like that was enough to bring it back from the dead, though. You (or anyone else) can see it if you turn on the "Show Dead" option in your profile.
    - huffpopo 10y ago
      Thank you EDIT: I should point out that the second snide comment was sarcasm on a topic using ML to detect sarcasm and not intended to by snide. Just a little joke for those of us who have worked on this problem.

matt4077 10y ago

Not banned / save the conspiracies for another day / "dissenting" / "surprise"

huffpopo 10y ago
Then where is it? Why are my posts missing?
- grzm 10y ago
  It does look like ttyltrful was banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684780 If you enable "showdead" in your account settings for huffpopo, you should be able to see them. As for banning dissenting opinions, watching the behavior of sctb and dang, it's pretty clear to me that they ban based on uncivil behavior, not content. Users on the other hand do sometimes flag or down vote to express disagreement.
  - huffpopo 10y ago
    Thanks. Makes sense, I was AB testing the community. I'll be quitting HN now. I won't bore anyone with details. All the best.
- nkurz 10y ago
  Yes, your previous https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ttyltrful https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ttyltrful appears to be banned. Likely, it was after you ignored Scott's warning here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12684066. Statistically, it's probably a good decision to ban new accounts that start off with two snide comments. The particular comment you linked (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12863445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12863445) seemed reasonable, so I 'vouched' for it. It doesn't look like that was enough to bring it back from the dead, though. You (or anyone else) can see it if you turn on the "Show Dead" option in your profile.
  - huffpopo 10y ago
    Thank you EDIT: I should point out that the second snide comment was sarcasm on a topic using ML to detect sarcasm and not intended to by snide. Just a little joke for those of us who have worked on this problem.