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If you're serious - the mods won't notice anything you do until you get flagged, which sends them an alert, and even then whether or not they ban you will depen

by krapp 2mo ago

If you're serious - the mods won't notice anything you do until you get flagged, which sends them an alert, and even then whether or not they ban you will depend on what they consider the quality of your account, which takes into account your account's age and posting history. That's why most of HN's trolls and assholes tend to hide their most toxic comments behind green accounts. I don't know why you want to be banned, though, it won't result in your account or any of your content being deleted if that's what you're looking for. The only thing you can really do is just walk away.

gnabgib 2mo ago
This isn't accurate, what are you basing it on? The mods see lots. Maybe too much. Will react to enough flags, or some messages from users who seem trusted. You can get banned in 2 posts. Mods have much more info (like whether you've tried a new green account today) and there's some automation/rules to auto-ban.
- krapp 2mo ago
  It's based on personal experience and what little I know about how moderation works here. Of course as the mods have told me many, many times, I could just be wrong about everything. But I've seen plenty of things go by unnoticed and plenty of times the mods will bring up the quality of someone's comments or the age of their account when trying to talk someone down, meanwhile other accounts don't get as much slack. And they'll mention that they "can't see everything," but of course that could be inaccurate.
  - porkpieshoe 2mo ago
    How many times have you been banned, that this was repeatedly explained to you?
    - krapp 2mo ago
      None, it's weird. I'm probably one of the few people dang has actually sworn at in his comments, and I piss people off and get flagged all the time, so I know plenty of people including the staff don't like me, but they've never banned me. They filtered my account for years so I could only post three comments an hour, though. But most of what I'm talking about comes from watching the mods interacting with other people. I spend far too much time here.
porkpieshoe 2mo ago
Why would I care about any of that? I was just trying to provide a helpful demo for the OP.

by krapp 2mo ago

gnabgib 2mo ago

This isn't accurate, what are you basing it on? The mods see lots. Maybe too much. Will react to enough flags, or some messages from users who seem trusted. You can get banned in 2 posts. Mods have much more info (like whether you've tried a new green account today) and there's some automation/rules to auto-ban.

krapp 2mo ago
It's based on personal experience and what little I know about how moderation works here. Of course as the mods have told me many, many times, I could just be wrong about everything. But I've seen plenty of things go by unnoticed and plenty of times the mods will bring up the quality of someone's comments or the age of their account when trying to talk someone down, meanwhile other accounts don't get as much slack. And they'll mention that they "can't see everything," but of course that could be inaccurate.
- porkpieshoe 2mo ago
  How many times have you been banned, that this was repeatedly explained to you?
  - krapp 2mo ago
    None, it's weird. I'm probably one of the few people dang has actually sworn at in his comments, and I piss people off and get flagged all the time, so I know plenty of people including the staff don't like me, but they've never banned me. They filtered my account for years so I could only post three comments an hour, though. But most of what I'm talking about comes from watching the mods interacting with other people. I spend far too much time here.

porkpieshoe 2mo ago

Why would I care about any of that? I was just trying to provide a helpful demo for the OP.