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IMF is the closest thing we have to a global entity responsible for managing currency supply and distribution. Bitcoin undermines their existence.

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0des 5y ago
Hello, just a heads up, your account is shadow banned, and unless someone who sees it 'vouches' for your comments, they wont be seen by normal users.
- betwixthewires 5y ago
  Is mine?
  - Vecr 5y ago
    No.
- rudian 5y ago
  I’m a normal user and I can see their message. Has it been vouched for in the past 4 minutes? My settings are still the HN defaults.
  - 0des 5y ago
    I vouched for it so that I could reply.
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - josh_today 5y ago
      Thanks. Been wondering why activity has been slow ha
- grzm 5y ago
  They are not shadow banned. They were explicitly banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29091010 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29091010 If there's something in the comment you want to respond to, great: then add your comment.
  - AnimalMuppet 5y ago
    So, um, what does "banned" mean if they can continue to post?
    - grzm 5y ago
      As typically used, the term "shadow banned" is a ban without alerting the user that they are banned. That's not the case here. On HN, "banning" means to to have your posts be dead by default. And "banned" is the language 'dang himself used in the message to the user.
      - 0des 5y ago
        There are also numerous bans with no notice at all, just a sudden stream of gray comments that are 0 minutes old.
        grzm 5y ago
        Yes, there is also autobanning and filtering software. But that is not what happened here.
  - josh_today 5y ago
    Wow got banned for saying a 200% tax on gasoline is another example of a government looking to tax the population into poverty and dependence. The entire web is 1984 now. Crazy couple years
    - dang 5y ago
      We banned your account for breaking HN's rules, as I explained to you when I banned it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29127479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29127479. It has nothing to do with your particular statement about gasoline taxes or anything else. You could have made exactly the opposite statement and it would have had the same effect. The deeper issue is that HN is not a site for people who want to defeat their political enemies; it's a site for people who want to have curious conversation and learn from each other. I don't think that's too hard to understand.

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0des 5y ago

Hello, just a heads up, your account is shadow banned, and unless someone who sees it 'vouches' for your comments, they wont be seen by normal users.

betwixthewires 5y ago
Is mine?
- Vecr 5y ago
  No.
rudian 5y ago
I’m a normal user and I can see their message. Has it been vouched for in the past 4 minutes? My settings are still the HN defaults.
- 0des 5y ago
  I vouched for it so that I could reply.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - josh_today 5y ago
    Thanks. Been wondering why activity has been slow ha
grzm 5y ago
They are not shadow banned. They were explicitly banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29091010 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29091010 If there's something in the comment you want to respond to, great: then add your comment.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  So, um, what does "banned" mean if they can continue to post?
  - grzm 5y ago
    As typically used, the term "shadow banned" is a ban without alerting the user that they are banned. That's not the case here. On HN, "banning" means to to have your posts be dead by default. And "banned" is the language 'dang himself used in the message to the user.
    - 0des 5y ago
      There are also numerous bans with no notice at all, just a sudden stream of gray comments that are 0 minutes old.
      - grzm 5y ago
        Yes, there is also autobanning and filtering software. But that is not what happened here.
- josh_today 5y ago
  Wow got banned for saying a 200% tax on gasoline is another example of a government looking to tax the population into poverty and dependence. The entire web is 1984 now. Crazy couple years
  - dang 5y ago
    We banned your account for breaking HN's rules, as I explained to you when I banned it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29127479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29127479. It has nothing to do with your particular statement about gasoline taxes or anything else. You could have made exactly the opposite statement and it would have had the same effect. The deeper issue is that HN is not a site for people who want to defeat their political enemies; it's a site for people who want to have curious conversation and learn from each other. I don't think that's too hard to understand.