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why did I have to vouch for this -immediately- after it was posted? Every single post by this account is this way. Why do I find black-holed accounts so often?
by aliqot 4y ago
why did I have to vouch for this -immediately- after it was posted? Every single post by this account is this way.
Why do I find black-holed accounts so often?
- geraldwhen 4y agoProbably due to the heavy shadow ban censorship.
- aliqot 4y agoThat needs to stop. Not one of the accounts I've come across has done anything outside of the guidelines and often are contributing substantive comments.
- minitech 4y ago> Not one of the accounts I've come across has done anything outside of the guidelines How do you know that? (And/or how do you know the multi-account history of the people using the accounts?) Some might also be caught up in IP-address-based bans, but for accounts like this I expect there’s a reason they remain banned.
- aliqot 4y agoIf someone's turned over a new leaf and hasn't committed any infractions on this new account, then we have to ask ourselves: is putting a permanent stain on their IP going too far? It's communicating that you're so odious we think you'll never change and those in your household will also be the same.
- jjulius 4y agoYou are not going to be able to see any flagged comment in a user's comment history, unless you responded to it yourself prior to it being flagged. Edit: Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThere's a flagged and dead comment elsewhere on this page that shows up just fine when I view the user's comment history.
- CommieBobDole 4y agoWeird. I also have 'showdead' set to on, and I would say that for 80% of the banned accounts I see, it is immediately obvious why they're banned, because it's right there in the dead comment. Another 10% are 'huh, this is an insightful substantive comment, why is this person banned?', and I usually find it a couple of pages deep in their comment history; usually something along the lines of someone who writes substantively on a number of issues but has one that they just spew insane malicious vitriol about every time it comes up. And finally, yeah, there's 10% or so that seem to have been banned for no discernible reason and don't even seem to be aware that they're banned.
- jjulius 4y agoForgive my ignorance - "vouch for"?
- aliqot 4y agoIt means that anything this user says has to be 'vouched for' by someone more popular in the community before it can be seen by all accounts. It's a button next to the "X minutes ago" field on a post that allows users like me to signal "this one's okay to be seen". You should have this ability already, as your account fits the requirements for it.
- jjulius 4y agoInteresting, thanks for clarifying. Can't say I've seen it pop up before, and I don't see it now.
- stareatgoats 4y agoThe "vouch" menu option only appears when you drill down on the timestamp of a dead comment. Which means you need to set the "showdead" setting on your HN profile to "yes", otherwise you won't see the comment in the first place.
- aliqot 4y agoHappy to share. That's curious that you don't have that function.