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Interesting... what about a progressive hellban, where there's a probability that the hellbanned user's participation is seen by others? The probability would e

by ph0rque 15y ago

Interesting... what about a progressive hellban, where there's a probability that the hellbanned user's participation is seen by others? The probability would exponentially decay after each offense and be slowly restored as a function of time without offense.

antihero 15y ago
That could just lead to fragmented conversations that serve to further confuse the average user.
- d2zo 15y ago
  What if replies to a progressively hellbanned user were themselves affected by the ban (tainted)? That would address the fragmentation.
  - Zakharov 15y ago
    It would also result in a lot of good content written by respected community members being hidden.
noonespecial 15y ago
How about a ban that progressively hides the account from high karma users. In the first circle of hell, only 10k+ don't see the banned, second circle 5k+, etc
- philwelch 15y ago
  I think the other way around might actually be better. Newer, lower-karma users tend to be influenced by the comments they see; older, higher-karma users tend to be better about upholding the old HN values. If you make problematic users invisible to the old guard, newer users will grow to accept certain forms of behavior and even upvote it. If you make problematic users visible only to the old guard, they'll get better feedback.