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> My comment on it is permanently compressed (even when the thread is opened in an entirely different browser) and has been stuck on 11 points.

You pointed an inconvenient fact about Obama and a lot of people are not going to like that. They could discuss it or flag and run away quickly. Flag and run away is too easy, so that's what ends up happening.

One time I criticized the obsession with Russians. A user went and start digging through my comments to determine that I speak Russian (which I do) and that meant proof I was a Russian shill, paid by Putin presumably to subvert Democracy right here on HN. Which is doubly creepy given that the Russian government deported and persecuted members of my family in the past.

>>rdtsc+(OP)
Didn't we specifically tell that other user this was a bannable offense on HN? I vaguely remember this.

>>dang+lV
Remember the warning and thanks for keeping an eye on things. HN is a rare phenomenon these days compared to other sites. People including me, mostly complain, and not much said when things work well, but everything is working very well. As for banning, I don't necessary would want them banned, hopefully they can continue participating, sometimes people have bad days and such.

>>rdtsc+Q41
Yes, that's why we put it that way. "Bannable offense" is more "please don't do this so we don't have to ban you" than "we'll ban you".