Posts 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 act

Posts 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