Ask HN: Notifying users about hellbanning

8 pointsby andrewchoivor 13 Jahren7 comments

If users are making helpful comments but seem to be hellbanned, what's the etiquette regarding notifying them?

4 comments

I think we need a general review of this situation. I read the new page a lot (and flag a lot) and I am consistently seeing worthy submissions from people who are hellbanned. I don't have the time or inclination to dig into comment histories to figure out why that took place, but it seems to me that it ought to time out after a week or somesuch except in the most egregious cases.

Although I can upvote, there's no way to bring a worthy [dead] comment back to life. It's rather pointless to punish bad behavior (by flagging) if there is no corresponding method to reward good behavior.

[deleted]vor 13 Jahren

lifeisstillgoodvor 13 Jahren

How does one know someone is hellbanned?

Just one dead comment? Or all dead comments?

Can someone reply to this just to set my mind at rest :-)

schrodingersCatvor 13 Jahren

You're not hellbanned. Can someone do the same for me? I cannot seem to up-vote anymore

[deleted]vor 13 Jahren

DaemonXIvor 13 Jahren

I can see your comment.

[deleted]vor 13 Jahren

andrewcookevor 13 Jahren

log out and see if comments that were in black change to grey.

lifeisstillgoodvor 13 Jahren

Thx

namelesstrash04vor 13 Jahren

And here is the primary problem of HN. This is the mechanism that will turn HN into Valve, mark my words.