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The andrewclunn character has some spiky opinions and a sometimes edgy tone, but certainly doesn't appear to sabotage any discussions here, give or take the odd
by interfixus 9y ago
The andrewclunn character has some spiky opinions and a sometimes edgy tone, but certainly doesn't appear to sabotage any discussions here, give or take the odd misplaced facetious comment. More than once, he has initiated long perfectly readable subthreads, meaning his input has got someone thinking. So here's my one worthless vote to reinstate him ASAP.
- dang 9y agoIt's pretty easy for someone to get unbanned if really they want to use the site as intended. Failing that, the vouching system gives banned users' good comments a fair shot at being restored, so even the worst case isn't that bad.
- wapz 9y agoCan you tell me what the vouching system is? Is that another word for giving upvotes to comments?
- DanBC 9y agoIn your options there's one called "showdead". That allows you to see any comments that have been killed by the HN software or by user flags. If you then click the timestamp of a dead comment you'll see a [vouch] link. If enough people click that it'll change the post from dead to live. Mods get to see vouches, and people who get enough vouches I think get converted from banned to unbanned. I think there's a karma threshold four vouching, but I don't know what that is.