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It happens to a lot of people.

• qq66 14y ago
  That's disturbing since a hellbanning is a much more vile punishment than a simple ban. Why is it doled out so casually?
  • Natsu 14y ago
    It's probably a case of an anti-spam algorithm gone wrong. At least, that's what I remember hearing about a previous incident.
    • heretohelp 14y ago
      No, it's almost always done directly by a human if your account itself is hellbanned.
      • Natsu 14y ago
        The only case I'm aware of where pg has commented indicated that a person posted a link that was being spammed on HN in one of their comments and got banned accidentally.