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pferreir, just a heads-up - you've been hellbanned. This means all of your comments are automatically marked as [dead], but you can't see this.
by alastairpat 14y ago
pferreir, just a heads-up - you've been hellbanned. This means all of your comments are automatically marked as [dead], but you can't see this.
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- pferreir 14y agoHellbanned? What is that supposed to mean? I don't remember having done anything wrong.
- Estragon 14y agoPferreir, hellbanning is where your posts appear normally when rendered for your account, but do not show up for anyone else. Try viewing this thread using a freshly created HN account. Don't know why this has happened to you...
- pferreir 14y agoThanks for the heads up. I mean, I noticed that I received some downvotes for a comment I made on a particular post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2849016 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2849016 But nothing that justifies a ban. I am not a troll, let alone a recurrent one. Not to mention that the practice of hellbanning is highly unfair and misleading. Any clue on who I should contact to clear this out?
- alastairpat 14y agoYou'll probably need to start a new account, unfortunately – there doesn't appear to be any protocol for being 'unhellbanned'.
- pferreir 14y agoWhat do you mean? Hasn't anyone thought that people could be banned by mistake? This is terribly unfair and nonsensical. Not that I have a lot to lose by abandoning this account, but as a matter of principle it would be nice to have it back, as it is clear that I haven't done anything that deserves such a punishment.
- alastairpat 14y agoI'm just the messenger – by no means am I in any way associated with HN.