I guess I can take a hint. :/ Apparently not. Have you contacted the administration about this? Maybe there was a review process, maybe there was a mistake, e

I guess I can take a hint. :/ Apparently not. Have you contacted the administration about this? Maybe there was a review process, maybe there was a mistake, etc... A thread like this is not the way to deal with such a problem. You've now created duplicate accounts, posted a rant about the site, etc... You're not helping yourself. Muting users without telling them In my experience, that's one of the most effective practices (not at HN - at a programming forum I help run). It is rude, I agree, and I've only seen it done in extreme cases, but if someone is trolling, telling them they're banned only makes them create a second account so they can start trolling about the ban. Kind of like this.