HN Account Bans

This cluster features moderator comments banning user accounts on Hacker News for repeatedly violating site guidelines, including personal attacks, flamewars, unsubstantive comments, and ideological battling.

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Sample Comments

dang Jan 29, 2020 View on HN

We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines. You can't attack others like this on HN, nor keep posting in the flamewar style.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.htmlIf you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.

dang Nov 11, 2021 View on HN

Personal attacks will get you banned here. No more of this please.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.htmlEdit: since your account has already been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly, I've banned it. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They

dang Jul 12, 2022 View on HN

We've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines. You can't attack others like this here.Also, you've mostly been posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments and that's not allowed either.If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html" rel="nofol

dang Apr 1, 2017 View on HN

You've broken the site guidelines more than once by posting uncivilly. We ban accounts that do that, so please don't do that.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

dang Oct 13, 2024 View on HN

We've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines. You can't post like this or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41829541 here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are.If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: <a href="https:&#x

dang Apr 20, 2021 View on HN

We've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines and posting unsubstantive and flamebait comments. You can't vandalize the site like this, no matter how wrong other people are or you feel they are.If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https:&#

dang Oct 13, 2024 View on HN

We've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines. You can't post like this or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41830050 here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are.If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: <a href="https:&#x

dang Oct 5, 2015 View on HN

Your comments have been breaking the HN guidelines. We ban accounts that do this repeatedly. Please post civilly and substantively, or not at all.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

dang Apr 1, 2018 View on HN

We've banned this account for crossing repeatedly into personal attack and ignoring our requests to stop breaking the site guidelines.If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dang Jul 11, 2018 View on HN

You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly lately. We ban accounts that do that, so please stop doing it, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html