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Does that mean: A - They have unShadowbanned all previously Shadowbanned users? OR B - They are no longer actively shadowbanning users, but previous victims
by OrvalWintermute 5y ago
Does 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, ...