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HN is run by a benevolent dictator for now, I suspect the moment it started shadow-banning or deploy the same sleazy tactics as FB no one would tolerate it here
by soheil 5y ago
HN is run by a benevolent dictator for now, I suspect the moment it started shadow-banning or deploy the same sleazy tactics as FB no one would tolerate it here. It would probably go to the oblivion.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoHN regularly uses shadowbans, although there's a setting that lets you opt into shadowbanned comments if you really want to see them. The unfortunate reality, as anyone who's tried to run a discussion forum can tell you, is that some users are very dedicated to ruining the quality of discourse and they'll find a way around any attempt to stop them from posting.
- sellyme 5y ago> I suspect the moment it started shadow-banning [...] no one would tolerate it here HN has been shadow-banning accounts since at least 2012 so I'm not too sure about that one.