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I really appreciate @dang for such an attentive hard work. He definitely deserves kudos. But here's the rub. You will not see this post. I have been secretely ghosted out so all my comments goes to bottom no matter how thoughful or informative it may be. There is no way for me to de-ghosted. He or other mod probably did this to me for some reason I don't even know or remember. The moderation at HN is like life sentense that you don't even know why and when you got it and then cannot be challanged.

>>telltr+(OP)
For what it’s worth, you aren’t invisible.

>>telltr+(OP)
I see this comment.

>>telltr+(OP)
They basically do account downweighting for people they don't like. Just make a new account with clean cookies and if you are using the same IP check your comment visibility from other IPs from time to time, as they record which accounts were on which IP and might invent some other bullshit measure against you in the future as more people become aware of the downweighting.

>>telltr+(OP)
We can see you. Also, commenters that are actually shadowbanned (which is a thing that happens, to be clear) show up to users who choose to have them appear. These users can “vouch” for your posts if they look reasonable and get you unbanned. So you’re not completely out of luck if you end up in such a situation.

Also, usually asking the moderators though email works as a way to get your questions answered.