Hmm, amazing if true. Seriously passive-aggressive, especially the fact that I'm not told that I've been marked as a troll.
I guess some mod was unimpressed with something I said and now nobody can hear me now. Sad.
At the very least this should be made known to the suspected troll on his/her profile page, and the block should be for a certain length of time, instead of being indefinite (as it seems to be in my case).
I sure am happy that the HN mods don't run my govt. (Am I trolling now?)