Shadowbanning people is a form of psychological abuse. To be honest it should be banned by law.

I just vouched for yet another HN user who had been posting insightful but [dead] comments for at least a month, and I couldn't even find the bad comment that triggered this.

It just makes me sad that I see people spending their energy on good comments, unaware they're not being read by most people.

Reddit mods are truly overly censor-friendly and ban-happy - and a bit bemused with the power that being a mod gives them over others.

Might want to email the mods if you come across such stuff...

Isn't this literally what the "vouch" button is intended for, though?