Yeah sure so what. All that rationalization is out the window if they just cut someone off like that without actually communicating those reasons. The reason I

Yeah sure so what. All that rationalization is out the window if they just cut someone off like that without actually communicating those reasons. The reason I take exception to it is that the concept of shadowbanning is deeply baked into the SV/startup culture and it's very often completely unethical. It's a pet peeve of mine. Sure, if you're trying to stop forum spam then who cares. And I do understand that when startups were small they were incredibly vulnerable to just being overwhelmed by an avalanche of fraud. So historically, I get why there's a culture where platforms just ban or restrict people without telling them comes from. But one thing SV has been enormously bad at is not realizing that they aren't feisty underdogs any more, they're the ruling class, and they often have tremendous economic power over people. When people depend on you for their livelihood, or for transportation or housing or similar, then you actually do owe them transparency and an explanation of what's going on.