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   by 1200bps 13y ago

   When you're first banned in any way it's pretty easy to get upset about it. Stating that someone owes you an apology is silly, but I know from personal experience that it is not a great feeling. The thing that I remind myself of
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   by 1200bps 13y ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=300bps
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   by 1200bps 13y ago

   I was not hellbanned - where everything I posted was instantly dead. To be honest the only thing I'm sure of is that I was slowbanned. I timed page loads 10 times with the slowbanned account and they averaged about 11 seconds. Then p
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   by 1200bps 13y ago

   As far as I can see, HN already has randomized algorithms. I just had to create a new account because my six-month old 3,000+ karma account just got slowbanned and silentbanned for apparently no reason. Out of nowhere, anywhere from 6 to 1