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by spansoa 902 days ago
Even without Tor, HN temporarily and randomly shadowbans your first post. It stops a bunch of newbs being able to spam /newest
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>It stops a bunch of newbs being able to spam /newest

Understandable and probably good if sometimes knowledge of how to place a thought form remains esoteric.

Normally I'd just wait a bit, post in earnest, and wait for some... entity... to take notice I am not a malicious ghost in the machine, but it is "the season" :-)