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The fact that PG implemented hellbanning really lowers my opinion of him. It's just so incredibly awful... I know of few individuals who would stoop so low in t
by markdown 14y ago
The fact that PG implemented hellbanning really lowers my opinion of him. It's just so incredibly awful... I know of few individuals who would stoop so low in the treatment of their peers.
It's just like in those all-american teen high-school shows where the bully sticks an insulting label on someone and they go about their day not knowing that there is something nasty stuck to the back of their shirts... meanwhile everyone else quietly sniggers until some kind soul lets them know what's up.
- youngerdryas 14y agoWell pg has my sympathies. The practical realities of keeping a site open to all, which is essential, and reasonably easily managed is what you are underestimating. I say this as someone whose over 10k account was hell banned.
- markdown 14y agoWould the result have been different and would you have reacted differently if it was a normal ban (ie. you were made known when attempting to log in that you had been banned)?
- youngerdryas 14y agoI figured it out fairly quickly but apparently some people do not, so it may be of marginal value but I don't begrudge pg for trying it. If on the other hand if he made it hard to create a new user account that would be very bad for HN.
- Zak 14y agoIt strikes me as strange and ineffectual to use the hellban on a person who is obviously a regular on the site. It's my understanding that it's intent is to cause newcomers who make low-quality contributions to quickly lose interest and leave. It can't really do its job against people who know about it.