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Why is a comment saying this post should be tagged (200x) dead? This post is from circa 2005 as the update date says (or even older) and if there were electrical issues with motherboards over 15 years ago, I can imagine now. Also, it has passed the same time since the blog post as from the original keyboard being manufactured and the post being written (1990..2005, 2005..2021). So, it's pretty important to specify that in the title.

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Some accounts have all their posts go straight to [dead]. Not sure of the reasons, but I’m sure @dang would know. All you can do is vouch for it if it’s a good comment.

There is a secret shadowban list. People say that someone shadowbanned will have warnings from Dang in their history, but more often than not it isn't true. Also some people are shadowbanned upon account creation. I try to tell people when they are shadowbanned and vouch for their posts when they are substantive.

Yeah, this is woefully out of date. There are several more-recent mods for the Model M.

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