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• dingleberry420 4y ago
  HN has a rich history of shadowbanning unwanted users. Everyone should turn on "showdead" on their profile, which, to be fair, is at least an option.
  • Bayart 4y ago
    They really shouldn't. People don't get randomly shadowbanned. Turning it on just shows a whole lot of vile, aggressive, hysterical rubbish.
    • pseudalopex 4y ago
      Most dead comments are rubbish. Some are only unpopular. 1 dead comment is enough to shadow ban a new account apparently.
      • bowsamic 4y ago
        It means you’ve been banned if you start having dead comments
      • dang 4y ago
        > 1 dead comment is enough to shadow ban a new account apparently. That's definitely not so.
        • Rackedup 4y ago
          I think I am shadow banned, any idea why?
          • dang 4y ago
            Please email hn@ycombinator.com with this kind of question. That's in the site guidelines btw: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
            • Rackedup 4y ago
              It would be nice if I could privately message you on this board since my email account is not associated with my HN account... feels like a violation of privacy.
        • pseudalopex 4y ago
          You would know. But I look at old comments when I see good comments dead for no clear reason. I lost track of how many had a few live comments, 1 dead for obvious reasons comment, and all dead comments after.
          • dang 4y ago
            What are some examples? You might be seeing accounts that we banned, especially if the first dead comment is dead for obvious reasons. If you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you can vouch for it by clicking on its timestamp, then clicking 'vouch' at the top of its page. There's a small karma threshold (> 30) before vouch links appear. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch
            • pseudalopex 4y ago
              > What are some examples? I didn't keep records. I'll let you know the next time I see it if I remember. > You might be seeing accounts that we banned, especially if the first dead comment is dead for obvious reasons. 1 comment was enough to ban some accounts? Did you think I meant automatically?
    • robocat 4y ago
      Do any social networks use GPT3 autogenerated replies to deceive the shadowbanned into thinking that they are not shouting into the void?
      • thrownblown 4y ago
        maybe get dall-e to make some trolling comments to even siphon off some of that vitriol into the void
    • namecheapTA 4y ago
    • NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
      "vile, aggressive, hysterical rubbish." Also known as "wrongthink".
      • Bayart 4y ago
        No. People who get shut down here aren't being targeted ideologically, they don't have a school of thought, they're not special, they're not even articulate. They're just narcissistic angry people shouting for their personal satisfaction at the expense of everybody else.
        • bt4u 4y ago
  • asfarley 4y ago
    Thank you, I would have never known about this.
  • ufmace 4y ago
    I always surf with "showdead" on. IME, around 98% of the "dead" posts are dead for good reason - either really obvious spam, or low-effort hostile snark in places where it's nowhere near being an appropriate response.