As the title says. I believe Reddit has been using shadow bans to quiet dissenting opinions that aren’t inherently breaking TOS.
This is Lemmy. Why give a shit about Reddit mods here?
Do you complain about Big Macs at Five Guys as well?
Do you complain about Big Macs at Five Guys as well?
Uh…I feel like I should try to save face by lying, and answering “no”.
So no. I have not.
I understand your point. Can’t well complain about it there though can I? Moreso just interested to hear other people’s experience and opinion on the matter.
People complain about reddit on reddit all the time. And you’re gonna find more relevant experiences when you’re asking on reddit as well…
I cannot ask on reddit because I am site wide shadow banned.
Make a new account? Using some free VPN if necessary?
That’s ban evasion and would give them an actual reason to ban me.
So what, apparently you’re banned already anyways
Very possible. Tangentially related, but deleted my account a while ago, went back to ask a question on a niche subreddit with a fresh account, and had my post shadow-deleted for lack of karma or whatever nonsense. Site is still riddled with bots despite all the high barriers to new users though.
It’s very understandable having to use Reddit for some niche communities, but don’t put yourself through it if you’re getting banned just for having a different opinion.
Reddit is a tool for psychological manipulation just like the other pop social.medias.
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No. Reddit uses shadow-bans to just about clear anyone who actually wanted to talk on that platform. They’re always power tripping over something.
Yes and it happens on Lemmy too.
At least you can move to another instance if you ever get banned on any given instance on Lemmy, or roll your own instance if you really want to own your presence on this platform and you have the local hardware to dedicate to that, or even the rest of the Fediverse for that matter, to also include Mastodon, Pixelfed, Loops, Matrix, and PeerTube.
It’s a small at least for most communities tho because there is so much less participation in smaller instances they almost don’t matter. Especially if you start your own.
I was banned from my community sub because of asking for the Sinclair advertisers. And there was nothing on the sidebar about ANY banning. Only that violating post would be deleted.
I think reddit would do anything to amplify conservative talking points
No shot
I don’t think this is a problem unique to reddit. This can affect anyone who gains the tiniest bit of power over others. I remember pissing a mod off who then went on to delete my stuff and ban me in an old forum for a local offroading group way back around the year 2000.
That’s true, I guess I just hoped for better after using the site for over a decade. I figured this going public thing would lead to less offensive/violent content. I didn’t think it would lead to my banning.
There’s been talk they’ve been doing this for over ten years now, so it wouldn’t surprise me. They usually just blatantly ban you though.
It’s not clear whether you mean Reddit’s administrators (sitewide moderation), or subreddit moderators.
As a subreddit moderator, I have used automoderator to “shadow ban” accounts engaged in spam or harassment that I believed were likely to create new accounts to circumvent regular bans. I’m sure some moderators in some subreddits have done the same to get rid of people they disagree with.
Unfortunately, when I got shadow banned, I wasn’t told who did it or why it happened. I responded frequently to askreddit questions and never said anything aggressive or offensive.
I imagine you can figure out whether you are banned from one subreddit, or the entire site. That will tell you which category of moderator did it.
Entire site.
I think they outsource the sitewide moderation, and much of it is automated, relying on signals like your IP address and the behavior of your web browser (assuming you were using it on the web). It’s more likely their bot thought you’re a bot than a human didn’t like your opinions.
Then why wasn’t it corrected after months and dozens of submitted appeals?
I suspect the appeals are also largely handled by an automated process. It’s the same kind of experience people have when they get banned from Facebook or Youtube.
Lmao my partner got shadow banned for asking in the city subreddit for tattoo artist recommendations. They just shadowban everyone
Who cares? They officially support child predators. Not pedophiles who have never offended — those who actively prey upon children and have done so. Reddit says they’re a protected group now, you can’t even call for them to receive longer prison sentences. That’s what they banned me for. AI, maybe, but upheld by a person upon appeal.
AI, maybe, but upheld by a person upon appeal.
I honestly think those appeal responses are bullshit and no one is actually reading them. Maybe paid members will have their appeals looked at but I doubt anyone else does.
Could be. I suppose I’ll never really know.
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eh, when I suggested Ukraine start targeting Moscow they just outright banned me.
Lmao yeah I guess I could see that to an extent. Still a silly reason to ban.
