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HN reports that they no longer shadowban. Reddit absolutely does shadowban still, and rather capriciously and randomly.
by nullc 5y ago
HN reports that they no longer shadowban. Reddit absolutely does shadowban still, and rather capriciously and randomly.
- OrvalWintermute 5y agoDoes that mean: A - They have unShadowbanned all previously Shadowbanned users? OR B - They are no longer actively shadowbanning users, but previous victims of Shadowbanning are going to stay that way? Am asking since there is a big difference between the two.
- huibf 5y agoBoth are false. They still actively shadowban users and already banned users have stayed banned.
- nullc 5y agoI'm interested in hearing reports, please email me if you can show me specific examples.
- huibf 5y agoI'll see if I can remember to mail you in a few days when this account I'm using gets banned.
- nullc 5y agoTo be clear: I'm not claiming they don't ban users. They do. I've been told they don't shadowban users: they don't make it look like you're not banned while in reality your messages are all invisible to everyone but you... or so they've recently claimed.
- detaro 5y agoAFAIK: "ban" and "shadow-ban" look the same: you can post comments, but they automatically [dead], the difference is just that if it's a "ban" you get told you are banned by a mod. And while it's probably a lot rarer nowadays, I believe e.g. the spam filter still automatically applies this without a message, it seems there is a system killing accounts that go too deep into negative karma, ...