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Re:I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit by dependenttypes on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:08AM (#22324569)
My main issue was with the deplorables comment. I actually quite like the HN system of vouching.

> and mark such accounts legit to immunize their future posts from those filters

I remember seeing you restore a post from someone who made their account via tor and their comments were auto-deleted. Their next post was autodeleted in the same way, so I presume that this feature is buggy (or was, as this was quite a while ago).

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Re:I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit by dang on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:31PM (#22328901)
There might be other explanations. For example, if an account shows signs of being connected to previous banned accounts, we might unkill a good post, but not immunize the account overall, until it establishes more of a track record.

I'm glad you like the vouching system! I still feel like it's the best single change we've made to HN since pg retired.

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