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>>feross+(OP)
The irony of posters on here —a website that’s a pretty decent example of moderation leading to a better user experience — posting about how we must abolish the mods is never lost on me.

Shine on you crazy diamonds!

>>braing+vz
This site has exactly what the article suggests. You can select the "showdead" option in your profile to see posts that have been removed.

>>jtvjan+2G
It doesn't show users that have been removed though...

>>notaha+nG
Yes it does.

>>amadeu+aL
Showdead shows algorithmically shadowbanned accounts and domains and [most] flagged comments. It doesn't let accounts that Dang has withdrawn posting privileges from continue to post.

>>notaha+GQ
Banned users can still post. Their posts are autokilled.

There have been a handful (fewer than 10) extreme cases over the years where we temporarily blocked someone from posting, but that almost never happens—it's an emergency measure.

For anyone wondering why we allow certain banned accounts to keep posting, even though what they post is so dreadful, the answer is that if we didn't, they would just create a new account and that new account would start off unbanned, which would be a step backwards.