I occasionally repost unjustly [dead] comments, e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2967831 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2967831. See http://www.hns

I occasionally repost unjustly [dead] comments, e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2967831 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2967831. See http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22[dead]%22+JoachimSchipper&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22[dead]%2... for more examples. This is a useful safety valve on HN's moderation, and I wish more people did it. (Of course, I only resurrect posts that clearly shouldn't have been killed.) It's also possible to track down contact information for most HN users, either via "about" or Google. I have notified several hellbanned people who were (now) making useful contributions to HN. After all, if people have learned to behave they should be encouraged to participate. (Of course, some people are spammers or incorrigible, see e.g. "los etho s" without spaces.)