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Re:IPv6 Adoption by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @07:44AM (#14855335)
The alternative is to let them post and just hide their stuff from other people; see https://blog.codinghorror.com/suspension-ban-or-hellban/ for example.

HN has a system like that, but it fails because some people can still see the 'hidden' / dead posts, and for some reason they then go and point out "your comment shows up as [dead]", which defeats the purpose.

Just ban people without letting them know.

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Re:IPv6 Adoption by Sir_Cmpwn on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @07:50AM (#14855365)
Most people will tell someone they're hellbanned if their comments are benine and it doesn't make sense for them to be hellbanned.
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