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Ask HN: How does the account rank penalty work here?

1 pointsby Nacdorabout 4 years ago
I have noticed that many accounts (like mine) have an automatic ranking penalty applied when commenting. Rather than being placed at the top of the list with other new comments for a short period of time, they&#x27;re automatically pushed to the bottom. It&#x27;s similar to a shadowban but the comments are still visible to everyone.<p>What is the name for this and is it documented anywhere? I&#x27;ve seen several posts that discuss &quot;undocumented&quot; features of HN but so far none of them have mentioned this.

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LinuxBenderabout 4 years ago
The FAQ answers questions about Karma posts. [1] It is entirely possible that other posts have been upvoted prior to your post. As for undocumented features, there is this post [2] on github and is not written by the moderators. It includes some anecdotal information that may not be 100% accurate.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsfaq.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsfaq.html</a><p>[2] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;minimaxir&#x2F;hacker-news-undocumented" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;minimaxir&#x2F;hacker-news-undocumented</a>
PaulHouleabout 4 years ago
I think some people are looking for any reason to feel insulted or excluded today -- it is something the right wing troll and the left wing troll agree passionately about.