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Re:Hacker News Guidelines by nonomoreplease on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:29PM (#37255381)
I quoted a relevant portion from Orwell's appendix on newspeak to someone claiming that Orwell wouldn't have cared about the topic. Got flagged immediately. I expected a vouching or review, but never received it.

My other comment, also a substantive contribution on the topic, got flagged, and likewise, I expected some kind of review, but never happened.

I understand there is some expected falling through the cracks associated with new accounts, but I will tell you from personal experience, putting in the time to meaningfully contribute, only to be flagged for diversion from the consensus opinion or arbitrary filterd really dissuades any further efforts.

And I don't even know if this comment will even be seen, as I might have been shadowbanned.

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Re:Hacker News Guidelines by LordDragonfang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:47PM (#37255544)
I can confirm for you that you're not shadowbanned. Flagging comes from users, not moderators. It simply means that multiple members of the community in good standing indicated that your comments are not a good fit for HN.

I suspect your "other comment" got flagged for being political polemic from a new account, which fits the pattern of, as dang phrased it, "repeat abusers".

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