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VladRussian, if you're reading this, you've been hellbanned. You just commented on this story an hour ago, so I figure maybe you'll pop back in here and see my

by bhousel 15y ago

VladRussian, if you're reading this, you've been hellbanned. You just commented on this story an hour ago, so I figure maybe you'll pop back in here and see my message. You probably don't know me, but you are someone whose name I recognize, and whose comments I've enjoyed over the past 2 or so years. Very sorry to see this happen to you, and for no apparent reason that I can tell. Maybe you'll get reinstated, or maybe you'll leave for greener pastures -- but either way thanks for trying to make this place a little better.

VladRussian 15y ago
thanks for letting me know, and i appreciate your kind words. When HN pages started to load slow - "slowban" - i guess it was a "big T" for "time to go" :) for me which i didn't recognize. > for no apparent reason When i downvoted several PG supporters and upvoted several opponents - zedshaw and the likes - in the yesterday's "Trolls" thread it seems it was the last drop :)
- pg 15y ago
  Actually you got autobanned for including a link to a site that spammers had been promoting in comments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3350300 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3350300 Someone just sent me an email pointing out your account had been banned, presumably by mistake, and I just unbanned it. Sorry about that.
  - VladRussian 15y ago
    Thank you. Sorry for the ban reasons guesswork in GP.
  - whycombine 15y ago
    Why does someone with a 2 year positive history get auto-banned for one bad comment? Shouldn't the ban bots be smarter than that?
jonpaul 15y ago
How do you know if someone has been hellbanned?
- spindritf 15y ago
  Set "showdead" to yes in your profile and then see whose comments are dead right after being posted.
boso 15y ago
Can you still see his post? I have showdead on and see no comment on this thread or on http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=VladRussian http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=VladRussian. Perhaps hellbans have finally begun to hide themselves from showdead? edit: it appears it's only because showdead doesn't work for hellbanned accounts. nice. (for reference: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=lookhard http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=lookhard)

by bhousel 15y ago

VladRussian 15y ago

thanks for letting me know, and i appreciate your kind words. When HN pages started to load slow - "slowban" - i guess it was a "big T" for "time to go" :) for me which i didn't recognize. > for no apparent reason When i downvoted several PG supporters and upvoted several opponents - zedshaw and the likes - in the yesterday's "Trolls" thread it seems it was the last drop :)

pg 15y ago
Actually you got autobanned for including a link to a site that spammers had been promoting in comments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3350300 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3350300 Someone just sent me an email pointing out your account had been banned, presumably by mistake, and I just unbanned it. Sorry about that.
- VladRussian 15y ago
  Thank you. Sorry for the ban reasons guesswork in GP.
- whycombine 15y ago
  Why does someone with a 2 year positive history get auto-banned for one bad comment? Shouldn't the ban bots be smarter than that?

jonpaul 15y ago

How do you know if someone has been hellbanned?

spindritf 15y ago
Set "showdead" to yes in your profile and then see whose comments are dead right after being posted.

boso 15y ago

Can you still see his post? I have showdead on and see no comment on this thread or on http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=VladRussian http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=VladRussian. Perhaps hellbans have finally begun to hide themselves from showdead? edit: it appears it's only because showdead doesn't work for hellbanned accounts. nice. (for reference: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=lookhard http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=lookhard)