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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.