Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
by kernel_lover on Saturday January 18, 2025 @09:37AM
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Hey dang so you just silently shadow-banned that user? That's what it definitely looks like. Not that I care but they seem to be right about you if you did.
Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
by dang on Saturday January 18, 2025 @06:10PM
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Yes, when there's evidence that an account is someone whom we've banned in the past and that they're making new accounts to post abusively, we sometimes shadowban those later accounts. You can find past explanations about that here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....
Not always though. For example, in this case you've been using multiple accounts to post in the same thread in ways that are both misleading and abusive. That's clearly over the line, so I'm banning this account and also saying so.
If you would please stop creating accounts to break HN's rules with, we'd appreciate it.
But nobody ever says "I was banned for breaking the site guidelines". What they do instead is make new accounts to claim "I was banned for my contrarian views". How noble that sounds!
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
The tell is that they never supply links (e.g. to their previous account(s) or the place(s) they were banned). If moderation is so bad, why not allow readers to see what actually happened and make up their own minds? And yet these complaints are always linkless...
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...