[dang]

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[boulos]

Aww, I just spent time trying to reply in good faith :).

[dang]

Your comment is great (thank you!), and a banned account can still reply. If the reply is good, users will presumably vouch for it - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch