Comment by ddevault

3 years ago

The exact rate limit, to my understanding, is tuned by the moderators. So one of them presumably thought you were making some inflammatory comments and made a conscious choice to slow you down. Reach out to hn@ycombinator.com to find out more and make an appeal.

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ljf  3 years ago

If you look back at the GPs comments you can see some that were flagged/closed recently, a few that were downvoted and also a good number of threads that turned into meta threads with others posters that get downvoted. So looks like someone who has been targeted for limiting or additional moderation.

  • RjQoLCOSwiIKfpm  3 years ago

    Can you please tell me what the the "good number" is you're talking about?

    I do not have time to regurgitate my own history, but I scrolled over it once and it does not seem as controversial as you're portraying it here.

    E.g. I only see one flagged comment, how is that "some"?

    • ljf  3 years ago

      You have 600 or so comments here so I only scrolled a 10ish pages, but I spotted at least one of your comments downvoted to the point of being grey, on each page. Sometimes more. That is pretty high, plus the recent flagged post. And now this thread has been flagged. Plus the meta threads.

      Pick a random user, check out their comments and see how many of their posts are greyed out, for a comparison.

      Have you made side accounts? That is another thing that seems to get people blocked or limited.

      As other say, don't take it personally, and don't stress - there is more to life than hn!

RjQoLCOSwiIKfpm  3 years ago

> The exact rate limit, to my understanding, is tuned by the moderators. So one of them presumably thought you were making some inflammatory comments and made a conscious choice to slow you down.

I have read my comments before the timeout again multiple times before posting this thread here and IMHO they are just stating facts about software, not much of making an opinion about the facts themselves.

I had intentionally left room for other commenters to have their own opinion.

Quote: "As with all things in life, a golden rule applies: If you don't like it then don't use it, that's ok!"

> Reach out to hn@ycombinator.com to find out more and make an appeal.

Uhm, are you actually a human who has read my thread or are you some kind of chat AI?

Because the first line literally says: "Some suggest emailing HN, but I do not have an email address anymore (because they all want phone numbers nowadays)."

Anyway, considering the large number of upvotes this Ask HN has gained, seems more people in the community are interested in clarity. Considering the search function also does not yield clarity it would probably be beneficial for the moderation team and overall peace to make things more clear here?