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fragmedetoday at 4:19 AM4 repliesview on HN

But why not kick them out? Why bother with a shadow site for them?


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metamettoday at 4:25 AM

If they don't know they're being quarantined, there's no reason for them to find a way around their block. They'll eventually tucker themselves out and move on to whatever their internet equivalent of burning ants with a magnifying glass is.

nkrisctoday at 8:35 PM

If they believe they’re still trolling people they will keep doing so and won’t make an alternative account and will keep harassing bots instead of real people.

hopfogtoday at 7:13 AM

I used to run a small MMORPG. I only had to ban a player once but when I did they made it their life's mission to get around it and spam profanities. They went through every proxy in existence and I had to resort to banning whole IP ranges to keep them out.

sneaktoday at 4:25 AM

The same reason people get shadowbanned. If they know they are banned they will attempt to work around it.

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