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There is another hidden feature, a "weak shadowban" which places your comment lower on the page than default. I think it is a manual flag set by some unknown he

There is another hidden feature, a "weak shadowban" which places your comment lower on the page than default. I think it is a manual flag set by some unknown heuristic, basically a "we don't like you but not enough to ban you" signal. This happened to me several months ago after a heated political debate and still is in effect (I'm sure it will happen to this comment, for example).

matheusmoreira 3y ago
You're rate limited. So am I. Even emailed dang about it. I suppose my case is similar enough: started happening some time after some discussion that went wrong. I really don't remember which but I don't deny participating in them. Truth be told it's probably a good thing for someone like me. HN is addictive and getting kicked out after 5 posts is essentially a better noprocrast setting. I actually thought it was the noprocrast setting at first since at the time I had just begun experimenting with it. It's the automatic downranking of posts that hurt me. Noticed it recently. I've been trying to be more selective towards which posts I reply to but it feels pointless since any and all comments immediately sink towards the bottom of the page, unseen. A smaller problem with this system: taking the time to write a comment, submitting it and only then being denied. I actually wasn't sure if this comment was going to go through but the timer must have reset. I hesitate to suggest some kind of indicator. It would be very helpful but it would also create a timed reward schedule not entirely dissimilar from those Skinner's box simulators they call mobile games.
- pests 3y ago
  Are you sure you're not just hitting the post timer limits? You can't immediately reply to deep threads
  - matheusmoreira 3y ago
    Dang confirmed it. The following message is returned after the 5th post: > You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks.
    - pests 3y ago
      Everyone gets that though.
- javajosh 3y ago
  I don't think its rate limiting because I'll go for days without posting and the first post is downgraded. I have never seen a "you're posting too much" message.
saagarjha 3y ago
If your comment is generic, off topic, or contributes nothing to the discussion there is manual downweighting that might get applied.

matheusmoreira 3y ago

You're rate limited. So am I. Even emailed dang about it. I suppose my case is similar enough: started happening some time after some discussion that went wrong. I really don't remember which but I don't deny participating in them. Truth be told it's probably a good thing for someone like me. HN is addictive and getting kicked out after 5 posts is essentially a better noprocrast setting. I actually thought it was the noprocrast setting at first since at the time I had just begun experimenting with it. It's the automatic downranking of posts that hurt me. Noticed it recently. I've been trying to be more selective towards which posts I reply to but it feels pointless since any and all comments immediately sink towards the bottom of the page, unseen. A smaller problem with this system: taking the time to write a comment, submitting it and only then being denied. I actually wasn't sure if this comment was going to go through but the timer must have reset. I hesitate to suggest some kind of indicator. It would be very helpful but it would also create a timed reward schedule not entirely dissimilar from those Skinner's box simulators they call mobile games.

pests 3y ago
Are you sure you're not just hitting the post timer limits? You can't immediately reply to deep threads
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  Dang confirmed it. The following message is returned after the 5th post: > You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks.
  - pests 3y ago
    Everyone gets that though.
javajosh 3y ago
I don't think its rate limiting because I'll go for days without posting and the first post is downgraded. I have never seen a "you're posting too much" message.

saagarjha 3y ago

If your comment is generic, off topic, or contributes nothing to the discussion there is manual downweighting that might get applied.