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Do they? We heard the cries for help, and we assume in most cases a Googler here on HN champions the caller. In fact, I'd like to see some metrics, a transpar
by blunte 5y ago
Do they? We heard the cries for help, and we assume in most cases a Googler here on HN champions the caller.
In fact, I'd like to see some metrics, a transparency report of false positive blocks/deletions which were reversed.
But indeed, I absolutely do not want my personal projects to be related in any way to my work projects, nor vice versa.
- thanksforfish 5y agoSurely there are people getting banned from Google who are not HN users. Social media outcry is not a good solution as its not accessible to everyone. Agreed about wanting to see more transparency.
- profmonocle 5y agoThe fact that these stories go viral as often as they do suggests false positives are pretty common, and that the standard support channels are really, really bad at dealing with them. Whenever I read a story like this, complaining on social media was the company/user's desperate last resort, not their first step. For every user who gets saved by someone at Google seeing their story on HN or Twitter, how many users stay permabanned because they just aren't social media savvy enough (or lucky enough) to get traction? I would guess that the majority of false positive bans never get resolved.