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Its pretty disappointing that your comment was dead and I had to vouch for it.

• yorwba 4y ago
  NeutronStar was banned in 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17553252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17553252
  • jcranberry 4y ago
    So you're saying all their comments are automatically dead until someone vouches for them? Or just he was downvoted on reputation?
    • smegsicle 4y ago
      > automatically dead a technique known as 'shadowbanning'
      • detaro 4y ago
        "Shadowbanning" is if you do that without telling the user that they are banned, with the goal of them not realizing they are banned for a while so they waste time instead of trying to circumvent the ban.