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Why was draw_down's comment killed? A quick glance at his profile indicates he is a 4 year old account with more than a 1500 karma, yet every recent comment by him is flagged/killed [1]. Yes, some of them appear trollish, but not all of them.

Does someone here have a grudge against him?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=draw_down

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Comments which were killed due to flags are distinguishable: they say [flagged]. His comments are just [dead], meaning either they were caught by the spam filter or draw_down was shadowbanned; presumably the latter in this case. HN’s policies around shadowbanning continue to mystify me.

In this case it doesn't seem all that mystifying why they are shadowbanned: they have a history of inflammatory, low-quality comments.

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