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I also got some sort of partial "status reduction", less than a full ban: my ability to flag posts disappeared. I sent an e-mail and got it reinstated. But I
by lotharbot 13y ago
I also got some sort of partial "status reduction", less than a full ban: my ability to flag posts disappeared. I sent an e-mail and got it reinstated. But I still have no idea what I might have done wrong, and neither does the HN moderator who reinstated me.
I understand that the HN mods don't want to have to explain every action, and when someone really deserves a partial or full ban they don't want to announce it and cause the person to just evade it. I've been in the position of moderating several forums (none quite this big) and I know it's difficult to keep out the trolls and keep false positives low. But the false positive rate on HN seems very high to me. Some of these methods seem to be too widely used on too many good contributors with too little explanation, and as you say, that breaks down the trust the community needs.
- alayne 13y agoI lost flag ability recently. I must have overdone it. I had definitely been flagging a lot of non-tech posts that seem better suited for general news sites.
- yareally 13y agoIt actually happens more often than you think[1]. Also happened to me recently. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5847829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5847829
- D9u 13y agoI've also had a partial "ghosting" along with "status reduction" but I never did ask for reinstatement etc... Eventually my posts were given legibility but the experience lessened my respect for this community, as my offending comment had to do with American fascism (pre Snowden revelations) but now I try not to "grind my axe" here when I'm downvoted. I have seen that some users here will downvote certain others regardless of the content of their posts and this practice is unbecoming of rational individuals. Apparently the powers-that-be notice this also, as I have regained some of my lost status, and some of my posts still receive upvotes, so I'd say that the moderation of this site is working as is.
- ry0ohki 13y agoI also lost Flag privileges, I thought I was being helpful to the community, but I guess not!
- ratsbane 13y agoI just noticed I don't have flag privileges either, at least for comments (I still have them for submissions.) I'm sure I used to. I can't remember ever having flagged anything. Is this based on karma levels or something else? Now I'm worried I've done something wrong.
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