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"HN" didn't bury it. Users flagged it.

There is also a mild penalty automatically applied to NSA stories (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008437). But it's the user flags that are mostly weighing this one down.

Infuriating. I also just lost the ability to downvote posts and comments...

And it seems I'm still slowbanned/hellbanned :D I'm thinking that something like /r/undelete for HN could be really useful.

> I also just lost the ability to downvote posts and comments

That is false. You really should follow the HN guidelines and take such matters up with us at hn@ycombinator.com. Why post, or even think, untrue things about your HN account, when it's so easy to find out what's going on?

I do not understand why there are moderators on this site. I mean what's the point of the upvote/downvote buttons?

Apparently they are pointless.