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All bans on HN are shadowbans, dang is just usually nice enough to inform you by replying to the offending comment.
by usrn 4y ago
All bans on HN are shadowbans, dang is just usually nice enough to inform you by replying to the offending comment.
- nikolay 4y agoMy ban is on severely rate-limited comments. I can't participate in discussions, because, according to HN, my comments are "low quality", but instead of showing me that's the reason, they make it look like some error. Until I reached out to them, I really thought something's wrong with HN. If you're gonna restrict people, at least be honest about it and let people know! Meanwhile, many commenters use obvious throwaway accounts, which is not being penalized at all.
- usrn 4y agoI don't mind the rate limiting personally. I think it's good for my mental health. I do wish I knew how many posts I had left though so I didn't waste the last one. There have been too many high quality comments on subjects I'm very familiar with and professionally involved in that I've had to throw away.
- nikolay 4y agoI agree, but, discussions don't last forever, so, if I chose to participate and can't respond in time, I am simply locked out of participation and this hurts my mental health more, not less. Sometimes people ask me to clarify things and I simply can't! How is this contributing to the quality of comments they pretend to strive for? If my comments are low quality, they will get downvoted and hidden! Isn't this the mechanism to automatically fight low quality comments?! Why add yet another layer on top of it, which is entirely subjective as my comments could be poor in one discussion, but great in another - I'm restricted from both though!