Jacobian (of Django fame) has also been banned for speaking out against sexism.
There must be some moderators/admins with axes to grind. I mean, it's friggin' Jacobian, for Pete's sake.
Side note: jacobian's djangobook.com is languishing and needs help. The latest commit message was a grim "Add more explicit warnings about the status of the book". See the current index.rst: https://github.com/jacobian/djangobook.com/blob/master/index...
I'm sure you meant Jacobinian? ;-)
When you submit, why aren't you told that your submissions are DOA?
Instead, you get no warning, so you believe your submissions have been accepted, when in fact nobody else can see them. If you click the "New" link you actually see your own submissions, but since nobody else can, they never get any votes.
This is quite deceptive and probably done to keep you interested in the site, until you figure out you have less "rights" than other visitors.
That's the idea of hellbanning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbanning
tldr; unwanted users can't contribute, feel excluded or ignored, then go away.
Re:Ask PG: Why is everybody hellbanned?
by chockablock on Sunday August 04, 2013 @12:48PM
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I think it's to limit the damage you can do: someone who knows their links are DOA would be more likely to create a new account.
Re:Ask PG: Why is everybody hellbanned?
by wikiburner on Sunday August 04, 2013 @11:26AM
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We're actually having an interesting conversation here about abusive flagging, in a thread I posted earlier today that was, ironically enough, abusively flagged:
I edit my posts probably 3-5 times after making them to remove spelling mistakes, correct grammar, and make whatever changes are needed (quickly after posting).
This seems to trigger the slowdown after the second or third edit.
I also got hellband a year or two ago for submitting either a few links that made it to front-page - but then were flagged by people for political reasons, or posting a negative-Apple submit (the last non DOA submit) that might have upset a mod (titled "Brokerages Race To Feed Apple To The Muppets").
My comments show up, but all my submits are DOA.