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Does hn shadow ban? I saw 1 comment count but none in the thread.

by shortandsweet 6y ago

minikites 6y ago
Yes, use the "showdead" toggle on your profile page.
- Spare_account 6y ago
  I have showdead enabled, there are no dead comments on this thread and the current comment count matches the number of visible comments. I suspect the GP comment's observation was due to a timing issue
  - codetrotter 6y ago
    Or someone may have vouched for the comment in the meantime
  - shortandsweet 6y ago
    Hmn I dunno what it was to be honest. I checked multiple times and refreshed, at least I thought I did. Shrug. My app that I'm using has no settings to showdead so I wouldn't be surprised if the refresh didn't work as it doesn't from time to time. I really need a new app. Any recommendations?
    - jtbayly 6y ago
      Have you tried a web browser? Safari is nice.
    - dylan604 6y ago
      Why does it need an app?
      - shortandsweet 6y ago
        Mainly because I have and use 5 browsers and can never remember which one I logged into. There is not a chance that I'll remember my password. I wish. There's just way too many. Also don't use a pw manager on my phone due to security reasons.
        acct776 6y ago
        Modern phones, when configured correctly, are more secure than their desktop counterparts.
        2cb 6y ago
        I don't like password managers in general mostly because the ones that do all the syncing up magic you want are closed source. Recently I found out about Bitwarden and have been using it for a couple weeks. No regrets, it's great. It uses E2EE to sync passwords between devices and the clients are all open source. It's also undergone multiple third party security audits. Makes everything a billion times more convenient and I feel safe trusting it.
Sebb767 6y ago
As far as I know, it only hides dead (-4 votes) or flagged comments. You can enable them with the "showdead" toggle in your profile, as the sister comment correctly pointed out (I'd recommend doing so, to see through biases a bit).
ok123456 6y ago
yes
hombre_fatal 6y ago
That's not a very useful assumption to make when you see a mismatched counter. It's almost always stale cache, like after comment deletion.
shard972 6y ago
Yep, anyone dang doesn't agree with when there is a political argument in the name of decorum.

Does hn shadow ban? I saw 1 comment count but none in the thread.

minikites 6y ago

Yes, use the "showdead" toggle on your profile page.

Spare_account 6y ago
I have showdead enabled, there are no dead comments on this thread and the current comment count matches the number of visible comments. I suspect the GP comment's observation was due to a timing issue
- codetrotter 6y ago
  Or someone may have vouched for the comment in the meantime
- shortandsweet 6y ago
  Hmn I dunno what it was to be honest. I checked multiple times and refreshed, at least I thought I did. Shrug. My app that I'm using has no settings to showdead so I wouldn't be surprised if the refresh didn't work as it doesn't from time to time. I really need a new app. Any recommendations?
  - jtbayly 6y ago
    Have you tried a web browser? Safari is nice.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    Why does it need an app?
    - shortandsweet 6y ago
      Mainly because I have and use 5 browsers and can never remember which one I logged into. There is not a chance that I'll remember my password. I wish. There's just way too many. Also don't use a pw manager on my phone due to security reasons.
      - acct776 6y ago
        Modern phones, when configured correctly, are more secure than their desktop counterparts.
      - 2cb 6y ago
        I don't like password managers in general mostly because the ones that do all the syncing up magic you want are closed source. Recently I found out about Bitwarden and have been using it for a couple weeks. No regrets, it's great. It uses E2EE to sync passwords between devices and the clients are all open source. It's also undergone multiple third party security audits. Makes everything a billion times more convenient and I feel safe trusting it.

Sebb767 6y ago

As far as I know, it only hides dead (-4 votes) or flagged comments. You can enable them with the "showdead" toggle in your profile, as the sister comment correctly pointed out (I'd recommend doing so, to see through biases a bit).

ok123456 6y ago

yes

hombre_fatal 6y ago

That's not a very useful assumption to make when you see a mismatched counter. It's almost always stale cache, like after comment deletion.

shard972 6y ago

Yep, anyone dang doesn't agree with when there is a political argument in the name of decorum.