Why was this dead?

fc417fc802 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've been noticing an unusual number of spuriously dead comments from accounts in good standing for a while now. My suspicion is false positives due to holding back the AI wave yet some of the casualties really don't seem to make any sense.

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maxbond 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

To be honest I don't think my account is in 100% good standing, but I can't say for certain. There's definitely some dead comments on my account that are deserved and I think there are some small limitations that are or have been placed on it (probably fairly). Mostly around flagging and vouching.

	▲	inigyou 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think that if you get a certain number of comments flagged or downvoted within a certain time window, your account gets flagged as a spammer and has a permanent rate limit applied. Above another threshold, it gets shadowbanned. I think the length of the account's history is also relevant. But https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

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cubefox 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, I have seen several people who are completely shadowbanned (all comments dead) without any visible reason. There seems to be no way to report this.

	▲	Cider9986 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Just email hn@ycombinator.com and Dang will look into it. He responds quick and will always address any concerns.

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maxbond 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hmm. Interesting. If it was [dead], probably a false positive from a naughty comment filter; if it was [flagged][dead], difficult to say, potentially even an accident, or maybe people didn't like the joke. Given the non-negative karma, I would guess the first. Regardless, I appreciate the vouch.

	▲	Cider9986 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was just [dead] before I vouched for it. Luckily we have vouching–HN is my favorite moderation system I've seen.