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"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Feeding trolls like this actually does more damage than they do. A flagkilled comment with no replies is the proper outcome for the GP—it's what minimizes damage to the container. We can come along and ban the account later.

In egregious cases, heads-ups to hn@ycombinator.com are welcome.

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i'm impressed actually. How do you get banned anyway? I can't flag comments either, how do you do that? I won't ask what the comment was, but i can guess the nature...

Anyone with karma > 30 can flag comments - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cflag.

There are various ways to get banned, but the relevant ones in this case involve moderator intervention.

sorry for bringing this up, but your bio is beautifully poetic. I'm not into that sort of stuff, but i'm currently reevaluating my position. What does it mean, though?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Street_of_Crocodiles

not fair! I can only flag posts. I demand my rights! I hope the mod is reading. (maybe not, actually)

[MESSAGE TO THE MOD: you're doing a great job, i'm good]

Oh, i see now how to do it. i always assumed it was a simple button. for some reason, not.

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