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by nyclounge 510 days ago
>HN blocks (ghost blocks) VPNs. Make a new account from a VPN. Post. Open a private/incognito window. Load up the thread. Your comment won't appear. Give it few days. It never appears. It only appears for you when you're logged in.

Wow is that true?

2 comments

I have showdead enabled in my profile and I sometimes see new users that are shadowbanned (i.e. their posts/comments are automatically "dead"). If it's not spam or low quality, I'll vouch for them.
As a test: I am always on a vpn
Here I am also.
you have gained a rep enough to not be ghost banned somehow.

the ghost banning makes it hard to make a temp account to whistle blow. And, even if you weren't whistle blowing bit making legit comment, it won't appear until you pass that threshold of not being shadowbanned, at which point your comment is worthless since it's days or weeks later