|
|
|
|
|
|
by stadia42
1929 days ago
|
|
|
So this automatic hiding by HN are indistinguishable to the regular users from the "dead" comments caused by downvoting? And the regular users can revive such automatically "hidden" comments in exactly the same way as they can revive comments downvoted to death? About "we've banned this user": do you mean some comments will be replaced by this message, but others (future?) comments will be automatically assigned dead status but still visible? |
|
|
(I'm going to keep this simple by sticking to racist/bigoted posts, as those seem to be the ones this happens to the most)
X posts something bigoted. Whatever it is, it gets downvoted and flagged and ends up dead. These will turn into hidden posts that are tagged [dead]. If X repeats this behavior or is otherwise a bad actor (within the context of the HN guidelines) they may end up shadowbanned. Shadowbanned users' comments start off [dead] by default, even their valid ones. It's up to others (like me, with showdead on) to vouch for these better comments.
Some users may take it too far. The comments aren't just bigoted, but outright espousing something most of us reject (a user I saw this happen to recently posted a comment basically calling for mass killing of an entire ethnic group). Users that take things too far like that, or who are otherwise abusing the HN system, end up [banned]. Their comments cannot be revived, though you can still see them if you turn on showdead.
Now, that's an extreme. I'm not sure all the reasons someone could end up [banned], but the primary one is repeatedly ignoring the HN guidelines and abusive behavior towards other posters. dang seems to be good, as well, of warning people if their behavior is outside the bounds.