Julian Assange AMA on Reddit

Re:Julian Assange AMA on Reddit by steveklabnik on Thursday June 19, 2014 @10:40AM (#7916301)

You do know Hacker News shadow bans users, has a list of certain domains that are outright banned, and has a moderation team that occasionally kills stories, right?

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Re:Julian Assange AMA on Reddit by rplnt on Thursday June 19, 2014 @11:04AM (#7916442)

Don't forget the title editing hours after posting, invalidating at least some comments.

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Re:Julian Assange AMA on Reddit by digitalengineer on Thursday June 19, 2014 @10:44AM (#7916314)

Is the list of banned domains public? I'd love to know what is ban-worthy on HN.

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Re:Julian Assange AMA on Reddit by steveklabnik on Thursday June 19, 2014 @10:45AM (#7916322)

This is as close as we've got: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499044

As pg says at the beginning of the comment, if you want to know if a particular domain is banned, just submit something and see if it's dead immediately.

FWIW, this comment and my previous one aren't a complaint: I think that most of this is a good thing. I _do_ think the mods kill some important stories, and I think the flamewar filter is terrible, but I'm glad for a lot of it, and wish there was more.

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Re:Julian Assange AMA on Reddit by digitalengineer on Friday June 20, 2014 @02:51AM (#7919753)

Thank you. After all this time I'm still amazed. There's always a kind HN reader around with specific knowledge. :-)

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