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about time.
by chovybizzass 6y ago
about time.
- dang 6y agoWe've banned this account for posting a huge number of unsubstantive comments. That's not what HN is for. It's supposed to be for thoughtful, substantive conversation and intellectual curiosity. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- runawaybottle 6y agoI’d like to know what he/she said, given it was their digital last words on the site.
- the_duke 6y agoYou can enable display of dead/flagged comments in the settings.
- spurgu 6y agoHaha thank you kind stranger! I've been a member since 2012 and while I've visited my profile tons of times, for checking comments and submissions, I've apparently never stopped to look at the settings and what they might do. I have a userscript that makes the main view 69ch wide and blurs my username, but I've never even been aware that the site actually has its own customization settings. :facepalm:
- the_duke 6y agoWith pleasure. FYI: [dead] means the account is (shadow)banned, while [flagged] just refers to the particular comment.
- miltonsopus 6y agoIt said "about time."
- runawaybottle 6y agoAnd why did this warrant death? Just so everyone knows, few people even give a fuck about Svelte. Let’s not be babies.
- aidos 6y agoIn isolation, maybe it doesn’t, but reading through the comment history, the site will be better without these contributions.
- runawaybottle 6y agoThat’s up to us to decide. I have said some pretty insane things, and I often don’t get downvotes. If we reach scale, HN is doomed in general. Until then, we should pick the organic route. Most people are lurkers, so if they even had something to say, it would be one liners.
- dang 6y agoModeration is part of HN. That's one reason why being "doomed in general" hasn't yet destroyed the site after 10+ years of "reaching scale" (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=stave%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...). Part of what moderators do is ban accounts that break the site guidelines repeatedly, especially when they are respawns of previous accounts that broke the site guidelines repeatedly.
- Xevi 6y agoI think the point was that the user's comments didn't add much value to the site. If you don't have anything of value to say, then don't say it. Reddit is probably a better platform if you just want to say "nice", or something.
- wirahx 6y agoFWIW this person is also banned from the Svelte github and the Svelte discord for similar behaviour.