Ask HN: Why are new user accounts shadowbanned?
3 by newuserux | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve been a long time lurker of this site but made my first account the other day to chime in on a technical post in an area I specialize in. Sadly no one replied or engaged with what I thought was a decent comment. I didn’t think much of it and logged off. I was kind of shocked to see my post was invisible! I have to say, it left a sour taste in my mouth. On most communities shadowbanning is reserved for the worst trolls, not new users. I also thought it was strange to start a relationship off like that with dishonesty and it made me question what’s really going on with YC/HN. I don’t really expect them to change policy at this point but to say I was disappointed is an understatement.