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Re:WHO declines to label monkeypox a global emergency by yorwba on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:33PM (#31909876)
NeutronStar was banned in 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17553252
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Re:WHO declines to label monkeypox a global emergency by jcranberry on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:45PM (#31910030)
So you're saying all their comments are automatically dead until someone vouches for them? Or just he was downvoted on reputation?
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Re:WHO declines to label monkeypox a global emergency by smegsicle on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:49PM (#31911508)
> automatically dead

a technique known as 'shadowbanning'

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Re:WHO declines to label monkeypox a global emergency by detaro on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:53PM (#31911569)
"Shadowbanning" is if you do that without telling the user that they are banned, with the goal of them not realizing they are banned for a while so they waste time instead of trying to circumvent the ban.
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