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This seems likely: "fixing the error is within my power but talking to the customer is not."

• fenomas 12y ago
  To be fair, "a temporary ban expired automatically" seems equally plausible...
  • unabridged 12y ago
    The name appearing on the front page of HN may have changed how many people were searching for the site and clicking its link, taking it from the spam bucket to the content bucket. It may have also changed google's view on which people are searching for and visiting the site. Before, its search traffic was people searching for phone numbers, a random cross section of people who get spam phone calls. After, its a specific name brand being searched for by possibly well connected tech workers who are logged into google+.
    • fenomas 12y ago
      Fair points, yeah. I think this is akin to fitting curves to a single data point.