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Anecdotally, I once tried to create an account on HN by going through tor - HN allowed my account creation to go through and even let me post my comment. But m

• dang 7y ago
  There are lots of filters based on past activity by spammers, trolls, and so on. But in the scenario you describe, moderators would eventually review your comment and restore it to visibility, assuming it wasn't bad in some noteworthy way. Users with 'showdead' turned on in their profile (and who have karma > 30) can do the same: if you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you should vouch for it by clicking on its timestamp, then clicking 'vouch' at the top of its page. This is why we added that feature.
  • Tomte 7y ago
    > Users with 'showdead' turned on in their profile (and who have karma > 30) can do the same: if you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you should vouch for it Wow. I've been on HN for some time now [1], and that's news to me. I remember seeing "vouch" before, but not for a long time. I simply assumed you had taken that privilege away from me. It makes sense to only show it for "showdead" users, but it never occurred to me. Edit: [1] and it turns out that today is my cake day. Very fitting. :-)
• fragmede 7y ago
  (Afaik. It's not like I work here) HN also has an ability to 'shadowban' users. It looks like everything's working to you (well, the bot code), but no other users see anything from the so called bot.