So, this is literally the post where I find out that my account has been restricted in some way, and that is why I keep having conversations cut short because I can only reply to a half-dozen or so things in a day. (I had assumed that this was a new thing that applied to everyone, since to my knowledge there is no reason for you to be restricting my account in particular, this way.)

Why the secrecy? Why not just tell people all the various passive-aggressive BS you perform to degrade experience for certain users? If you don't want me posting here, why not just tell me or ban me or whatever? Bonus points if you give an actual reason, but that might be asking for too much.

How many different bans do you have in the toolbox now, is there a list somewhere? Is there a way to check which ones apply to my account, aside from finding out second-hand?

edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8964992 <- several posts here I wanted to reply to, it was an interesting discussion. I was not able to apparently because I caught the wrong admin on the wrong day in the wrong mood? And of course I have no idea what post of mine caused this... Despite whatever 'efforts' you're putting into this site, moderation here is bad and steadily getting worse.

Sorry, it seems I can see the reply button now. That may have been my error.

I was about to edit my comment to mention that: HN delays showing the "reply" link on deeply nested comments. It's an ancient flame retardant. You can, however, get around it by clicking "link" on the comment you want to reply to.

You can always click the "link" button fer the specific comment and then you'll see a reply button -- it's nothing account-specific, it's just one weird trick to slow down flamefests proportionally to comment depth.

Thanks, that's exactly what it was! That's why the "reply" button was not appearing, and I thought I was rate-limited. This very thing happened to your comment - I am replying by visiting the permalink.