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You have a long list of good comments, so it's worth telling you that you were shadow banned at least 6 months ago... I just vouched for this comment and I have

by fao_ 8y ago

You have a long list of good comments, so it's worth telling you that you were shadow banned at least 6 months ago... I just vouched for this comment and I have showdead enabled.

iron0013 8y ago
Yikes, he was shadowbanned in August of 2017 after creating the account in June 2017 and has been commenting into the void ever since!
- modzu 8y ago
  lol! out of curiosity, how can u tell when their account was banned?
  - cabaalis 8y ago
    In your profile, enable showdead. The history goes back a way. Seeing all those unaddressed, never-seen comments causes me some personal existential self-examining on the value (or rather, potential non-value) of my own thoughts :)
    - etaioinshrdlu 8y ago
      So why can I see his comment then? if he's shadowbanned? because you commented?
      - fao_ 8y ago
        Because I vouched for it
    - throwawaymanbot 8y ago
      Its super de-motivational. Par for the course with everything these daysthough.
  - iron0013 8y ago
    I don't think it's lol myself, this guy's a good commenter who didn't pick up fast enough on the "politesse above all--even truth, decency and humanity" rules and norms that are in place here on HN. :\
    - orasis 8y ago
      Amen. HN hates any taboo thought crimes.
      - matt4077 8y ago
        Thinking is fine, speaking can be problematic. And if you believe speech can do no harm, it can not possibly do good, either. Or we could just randomly generate text and improve the world.
        kkarakk 8y ago
        >Or we could just randomly generate text and improve the world. lorem ipsum would like a word
sambroner 8y ago
If we can see the comment now, does that mean they're unbanned or that your "vouch" action undeaded that comment?
- iron0013 8y ago
  The latter.
throwawaymanbot 8y ago
fao_ -- Thanks a lot for that gesture! Very kind. I did not realize I was shadow banned at all and I'm not sure why I would have been. It does sum up "the internet" in 2019 perfectly for me though.

by fao_ 8y ago

You have a long list of good comments, so it's worth telling you that you were shadow banned at least 6 months ago... I just vouched for this comment and I have showdead enabled.

iron0013 8y ago

Yikes, he was shadowbanned in August of 2017 after creating the account in June 2017 and has been commenting into the void ever since!

modzu 8y ago
lol! out of curiosity, how can u tell when their account was banned?
- cabaalis 8y ago
  In your profile, enable showdead. The history goes back a way. Seeing all those unaddressed, never-seen comments causes me some personal existential self-examining on the value (or rather, potential non-value) of my own thoughts :)
  - etaioinshrdlu 8y ago
    So why can I see his comment then? if he's shadowbanned? because you commented?
    - fao_ 8y ago
      Because I vouched for it
  - throwawaymanbot 8y ago
    Its super de-motivational. Par for the course with everything these daysthough.
- iron0013 8y ago
  I don't think it's lol myself, this guy's a good commenter who didn't pick up fast enough on the "politesse above all--even truth, decency and humanity" rules and norms that are in place here on HN. :\
  - orasis 8y ago
    Amen. HN hates any taboo thought crimes.
    - matt4077 8y ago
      Thinking is fine, speaking can be problematic. And if you believe speech can do no harm, it can not possibly do good, either. Or we could just randomly generate text and improve the world.
      - kkarakk 8y ago
        >Or we could just randomly generate text and improve the world. lorem ipsum would like a word

sambroner 8y ago

If we can see the comment now, does that mean they're unbanned or that your "vouch" action undeaded that comment?

iron0013 8y ago
The latter.

throwawaymanbot 8y ago

fao_ -- Thanks a lot for that gesture! Very kind. I did not realize I was shadow banned at all and I'm not sure why I would have been. It does sum up "the internet" in 2019 perfectly for me though.