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Well, the account is clearly not banned given that it still actively posts messages. It may be that the account is shadowbanned but I have been told by a reliab
by the_third_wave 3y ago
Well, the account is clearly not banned given that it still actively posts messages. It may be that the account is shadowbanned but I have been told by a reliable source - Dang - that HN does not employ shadowbanning. This is why I am surprised to see how anything posted by this user seems to be dead on or close to arrival.
I can only assume that HN does indeed employ shadowbanning and that my information on that front is incorrect.
- CommieBobDole 3y agoPosts from banned users show up as 'dead', which means you have to turn 'showdead' on in your settings to see them; they are invisible to users who have not activated this setting. Maybe there's another kind of ban that prevents posting entirely, I don't know. I don't think that dang claims that there is no shadowbanning on HN, or at least he no longer does if he has in the past; the post from him below details who gets shadowbanned and who doesn't. Basically, users with a posting history get the same ban as spammers, but they're told that they've been banned, while spammers are not. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37137747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37137747
- NonNefarious 3y ago[dead]