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ye, I got into a rather angry argument with another user about Hellenistic Antiquity. I was told back then. What impact does being shadowbanned have? Have I be
by Quarrelsome 8y ago
ye, I got into a rather angry argument with another user about Hellenistic Antiquity.
I was told back then. What impact does being shadowbanned have? Have I been shouting into the void these past few months?
- mdpopescu 8y agoYes, a lot of people won't see your comments since the default is NOT to show the dead ones, and I have to "vouch" for your comments to be able to reply.
- Quarrelsome 8y agoOh I see. That would explain a lot. I thought I was just getting out of touch and nobody liked me anymore! :D Well maybe i'm still pretty unlikable but not _that_ unlikeable. Thanks for the clarification.
- mdpopescu 8y agoReplying to "icantdrive55" I agree - I find the whole mess, with flag / dead / shadowbanned, to be extremely cowardly. It reminds me of Hettinga [1], who would quietly delete comments he disagreed with from his blog. In both cases it was an issue of "private property so they can do what they want" but I still dislike it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hettinga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hettinga
- icantdrive55 8y agoI think I'm shadowbanned, but at this point don't care. I know I didn't insult anyone, but wasen't going to kiss the moderator's ego. This moderator actually emailed me (And that wasen't in the nonexistent TOS), and told me to basically get lost. It bothered me at first because I has no idea I was banned. My point is being banned helped my addiction a bit. But yes--shadowbanning is a weasly way to do business. It's just so petty. I guess it gives moderators/owners a sense of power? Anyhoo, I'm banned so why am I writing this? Therapy?