It's at the discretion of the platform. Why don't you test the limits of HN? At ...

hereforphone · on June 25, 2021

Pushing the "limits of tolerable behavior" are why the books were band as well.

pstuart · on June 26, 2021

There's a vast difference between acceptable behavior for guests and making something illegal.

HN is a forum where we are the guests of pg, dang, et al. They have rules for behavior -- https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Not abiding by these rules can get you banned. Are you going to complain about that? Are your rights being trampled on?

edit: p.s., it's "banned", not "band"