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Ask HN: How popular is shadow banning on HN?

• bbcbasic 8y ago
  This acc. Is shadow banned and it **** * * **** * * **** * * * * * * * **** * * * ** **** * * * * * * * **** **** **** * * ****
  • deleted 8y ago
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• ploggingdev 8y ago
  Scroll to the bottom and click on "More", both your comments are visible there. When a thread has too many comments, it gets split into multiple pages.
  • guzik 8y ago
    Thanks! This thread is no longer valid I suppose.
    • Chris_Chambers 8y ago
      Yes it is. I am shadowbanned.
    • sanderjd 8y ago
      I didn't see your original question, so I don't know whether it was valid, but it also don't believe it is true that "there is no shadowbanning on HN". For instance, there are a few dead comments here from accounts that appear to be shadowbanned. I recommend turning on showdead. Every once in awhile I come across a good comment that is dead and am glad I have it turned on. I find that it creates very little noise.
• deleted 8y ago
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• draw_down 8y ago
  “there is no shadow banning on HN” Agree to disagree.
• jwilk 8y ago
  > there is no shadow banning on HN No, shadow bans of HN is definitely happen.
  • whamlastxmas 8y ago
    Submissions have some hocus pocus going on for sure, I don't think they shadowban users
    • jwilk 8y ago
      https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#user-content-shadowbanning https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#user-c...
      • whamlastxmas 8y ago
        I guess you're right - my impression comes from dang at one point saying they only shadow ban as a total last resort, and it's not usually for bad behavior but rather for actual spam.
• kapauldo 8y ago
  Flagged!