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Ask HN: Notifying users about hellbanning
If users are making helpful comments but seem to be hellbanned, what's the etiquette regarding notifying them?
- anigbrowl 13y agoI think we need a general review of this situation. I read the new page a lot (and flag a lot) and I am consistently seeing worthy submissions from people who are hellbanned. I don't have the time or inclination to dig into comment histories to figure out why that took place, but it seems to me that it ought to time out after a week or somesuch except in the most egregious cases. Although I can upvote, there's no way to bring a worthy [dead] comment back to life. It's rather pointless to punish bad behavior (by flagging) if there is no corresponding method to reward good behavior.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoHow does one know someone is hellbanned? Just one dead comment? Or all dead comments? Can someone reply to this just to set my mind at rest :-)
- schrodingersCat 13y agoYou're not hellbanned. Can someone do the same for me? I cannot seem to up-vote anymore
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- DaemonXI 13y agoI can see your comment.
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- andrewcooke 13y agolog out and see if comments that were in black change to grey.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoThx
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- namelesstrash04 13y agoAnd here is the primary problem of HN. This is the mechanism that will turn HN into Valve, mark my words.