> Edit: I see mpolun left a similar comment here, but it looks like he has been mostly shadowbanned for about 8 years.
Yeah same. I don't have enough karma to vouch for their comment but I see no big reason that said comment should be dead. Their account is from 2012 and the vast majority of their few comments seem to be contributing to the conversation. Their first dead comment is also from 2012 but at a glance said comment is the only one that stands out as not contributing much to the conversation. And that's being harsh even – I've probably made less substantial comments in the past myself. Yet like 30% of their 3 pages of comments are dead. And looking at their submissions they have ever only submitted 3 stories, 2 of which appear to be from a domain that they themselves control. Hardly enough to be subjected to having so many of their comments killed I think. Though of course there might be other factors at play, but from what I see on their profile page I see nothing bad enough to warrant this.
I have 1500 karma, but I didn't see an option to vouch for it... I have seen that option on other comments, though. Maybe dang can take a look at their account.
Go to your profile and ensure you have showdead set to yes.
> assert they have been shadowbanned
See https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mpolun and check out how many of their comments are showing as dead in combination with the contents of said comments. (The step above about setting showdead to yes might be required before you follow said link in order to actually see the dead comments). Almost every single one of the dead comments is contributing to the conversation. This is indicative of a shadow ban. HN users would not be downvoting the vast majority of these comments I think.
Yeah same. I don't have enough karma to vouch for their comment but I see no big reason that said comment should be dead. Their account is from 2012 and the vast majority of their few comments seem to be contributing to the conversation. Their first dead comment is also from 2012 but at a glance said comment is the only one that stands out as not contributing much to the conversation. And that's being harsh even – I've probably made less substantial comments in the past myself. Yet like 30% of their 3 pages of comments are dead. And looking at their submissions they have ever only submitted 3 stories, 2 of which appear to be from a domain that they themselves control. Hardly enough to be subjected to having so many of their comments killed I think. Though of course there might be other factors at play, but from what I see on their profile page I see nothing bad enough to warrant this.