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1. kens · 1789860069 · focus · HN ↗

   Author here. I don't know why this popped up 13 years later, but hi :-)

   1. doginasuit · 1789866251 · focus · HN ↗

      Would you say it is still roughly the same?

      > It's unclear if these penalties result from HN administrators or from flagged articles.

      Any answers or insights on this within the last 13 years?

      1. 0xbadcafebee · 1789869337 · focus · HN ↗

         The mods are much more sensitive now to anything they consider flame-bait, flame-baiting, or controversial. Much quicker to intimidate/threaten, de-emphasize posts, flag-kill, etc. I presume because HN may be influencing/affecting some billion dollar bottom lines now and they can't afford a bad look

         1. Barbing · 1789871278 · focus · HN ↗

            > intimidate/threaten

            Links to examples?

            I see “please stop fulminating” “we’ve asked you not to do this [guideline violating behavior] and we’ll have to ban you if you keep it up”, which is gentler than [shadow]banning even with the ‘threat’ of punitive action. Assuming you’ve seen mod comments I’ve missed.

            1. slopinthebag · 1789873506 · focus · HN ↗

               why would you think they would make that publicly visible?

               1. Barbing · 1789874054 · focus · HN ↗

                  >The mods are much … quicker to intimidate/threaten

                  They’re doing this privately? Normally you shouldn’t screenshot emails/DMs/texts sure, but please do in this case. I have showdead on in Settings, so I should see it if you’re worried about censorship. If someone’s posted this before and it was deleted and not just killed, raise your hand and I’ll add my email to my profile.

                  Offer open to all. Obviously I’m doubting these guys are threatening people…

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