You're correct ... but only if it's <i>absolutely fair</i> ... to the point that if I were PG, I'd require a human being's double check before dropping the hammer (ADDED: at least, if the account has been open for very long).<p>To echo hank777, the very fact that HN has this well known <i>silent</i> technique of "hellbanning" (new term to me) is going to <i>drastically</i> change my posture towards contributing.<p>(Just how, I can't say yet (too early in the morning), but it will be significant.  I know from my behavior in other forums after I learned that they do this (e.g. GrokLaw) that I won't be making many more contributions, for this drastically changes the risk/reward ratio.)