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Well 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 underestimat
by youngerdryas 14y ago
Well 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.