OK, here's what I've done ...<p>I turned on show dead, I worked out who the username is, I went at look at their twitter conversations, and I looked at the submissions and comments from that HN username.<p>In the twitter stream someone suggested that getting downvoted to -40 triggers an auto ban. In response idlewords said "Nope" and offered a link as "proof."<p>As far as I can see that link (which is to their comments) actually supports the suggestion. There's a comment made a few days ago that's been downvoted into oblivion. If that took a day to happen, then everything after that would become invisible.<p>And it has.<p>Seems perfectly reasonable to me, and ...<p><rant><p>I really get irritated by people just spreading around their sense of entitlement rather than actually trying to get things resolved. It's been said many, many times here, if you have a problem, send a short and concise email to PG to try to get it sorted.<p>You don't have an inalienable right to post or comment here, it reflects better on you, and on any services or companies you run, if you try to resolve problems or issues rather than just complaining in a public forum.<p></rant>
More:<p>"I can no longer post comments that are visible to anyone else from my account. This happened silently and without explanation"<p><a href="https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/111336923422928896" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/111336923422928896</a>