HN Admin: I have apparently been mistakenly flagged or banned

2 pointsrichardofyork13y ago4 comments

I just noticed today that a comment I posted on a HN story is not being shown unless I am logged in. I noticed this while visiting from my iPad. Here is the link to my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5435565

I am guessing that my username has been flagged somehow. If so, I am pretty sure this was a mistake. Could you look into this?

Thanks.

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sp33213y ago

Strange that that single comment is dead. Usually if a user is hellbanned, this submission wouldn't show up either.

Tip: if you go to your HN prefs and enable "showdead" you can see comments from hellbanned users.

richardofyorkOP13y ago

That is strange indeed. I think what might have flagged the previous comment was: I initially posted the comment in reply to the wrong person. So I deleted it and reposted it in response to the correct person.

sp33213y ago

Oh! well if you post the same comment twice, the second is automatically deaded. You have to delete the first one before you can repost it somewhere else.

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HN Admin: I have apparently been mistakenly flagged or banned

2 pointsrichardofyork13y ago4 comments

I am guessing that my username has been flagged somehow. If so, I am pretty sure this was a mistake. Could you look into this?

Thanks.

4 comments

sp33213y ago

Strange that that single comment is dead. Usually if a user is hellbanned, this submission wouldn't show up either.

Tip: if you go to your HN prefs and enable "showdead" you can see comments from hellbanned users.

richardofyorkOP13y ago

sp33213y ago

Oh! well if you post the same comment twice, the second is automatically deaded. You have to delete the first one before you can repost it somewhere else.

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