"Hellbanning" is part of HN's anti-spam (and anti-asshole) defenses. I didn't read your post, but it looks like you've been hit. AFAIK, the only thing you can d

"Hellbanning" is part of HN's anti-spam (and anti-asshole) defenses. I didn't read your post, but it looks like you've been hit. AFAIK, the only thing you can do is making a new account and being nicer. I've never heard of intentionally slow page loads, though. Maybe some cache is optimized for not-banned accounts?