You would know. But I look at old comments when I see good comments dead for no clear reason. I lost track of how many had a few live comments, 1 dead for obvious reasons comment, and all dead comments after.

What are some examples? You might be seeing accounts that we banned, especially if the first dead comment is dead for obvious reasons.

If you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you can vouch for it by clicking on its timestamp, then clicking 'vouch' at the top of its page. There's a small karma threshold (> 30) before vouch links appear.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch

> What are some examples?

I didn't keep records. I'll let you know the next time I see it if I remember.

> You might be seeing accounts that we banned, especially if the first dead comment is dead for obvious reasons.

1 comment was enough to ban some accounts? Did you think I meant automatically?

I think I am shadow banned, any idea why?

Please email hn@ycombinator.com with this kind of question. That's in the site guidelines btw: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

It would be nice if I could privately message you on this board since my email account is not associated with my HN account... feels like a violation of privacy.