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		pg on Dec 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why big companies fail to keep talent Actually you got autobanned for including a link to a site that spammers had been promoting in comments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3350300 Someone just sent me an email pointing out your account had been banned, presumably by mistake, and I just unbanned it. Sorry about that.

VladRussian on Dec 16, 2011 | [–]

Thank you. Sorry for the ban reasons guesswork in GP.

whycombine on Dec 16, 2011 | [–]

Why does someone with a 2 year positive history get auto-banned for one bad comment? Shouldn't the ban bots be smarter than that?

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