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How does flagging or making a comment dead work in hn? I thought it occurred after many downvotes but I managed to check this thread <60 seconds after ‘Nikki na
by lovich 5y ago
How does flagging or making a comment dead work in hn? I thought it occurred after many downvotes but I managed to check this thread <60 seconds after ‘Nikki nana posted
>Now unionize!
And the comment is already [dead]. That feels like it could only happen if there were bots downvoting instantly
- Nicksil 5y agoI think it's an automatic thing if the user is banned or suspended; like a shadow ban. So, there may very well not have been a number of down-voters and was simply dead from the start.
- eganist 5y agoThat just means they're shadowbanned, as I understand it. And that tracks with all their other comments being dead. Flagged to death will say both flagged and dead.
- adwn 5y ago> That just means they're shadowbanned, as I understand it. And for good reason, judging by their other comments.
- bhhaskin 5y agoAlso keep in mind that a two word comment doesn't really add to the conversation. Low effort comments tend to be down voted.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoThere’s a “comments” link in the header that shows the newest comments across all stories. People could be refreshing that and acting on comments without checking every individual story. This could be a good way to help moderate a lot of low quality comments, but the people doing it might not have all the context.
- kodah 5y agoThat probably means that they have been banned which starts their post at -4 karma and requires vouching in order to list publicly. This only happens for repeated bad behavior.
- the-dude 5y agoAFAIK you only need 4.
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