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How are you able to tell whether you've been hellbanned or not? Have I, for instance?
by shravan 13y ago
How are you able to tell whether you've been hellbanned or not? Have I, for instance?
- krapp 13y agoYou're not hellbanned. But of course, you're not supposed to be able to tell, that's the entire point.
- paulftw 13y agois it IP based, or will chrome anonymous window be enough to always reliably tell my status?
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- PavlovsCat 13y agoI don't think it's IP based, no.
- tsycho 13y agoLoad up your comment in an new incognito-mode browser window and you should be able to see whether you are not.
- redthrowaway 13y agoYou can tell if you post links and comments that never get voted on or replied to (I presume, unless hellbanning reports false votes). If you have showdead enabled, which is an option after you pass a certain karma threshold, you'll see posts and comments from hellbanned users. Most of the posts are simply spam, which is fine. Many of the hellbanned users, however, don't appear to have done anything wrong. You can pinpoint when they were hellbanned by checking their comments until you find one that isn't dead. Either that or one of the comments immediately preceeding it, or a post that tripped the spam detector, is usually responsible. Hellbanning is done both by the spam detector as well as by mods. Unfortunately, there really isn't any transparency in the process, nor is there much anyone can do to reverse it. You can send an email to info@ycombinator.com, but I don't know of anyone successfully being unbanned by doing so.