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Subreddit-level censorship is a different issue than global bans. Subreddit bans don't have any bearing on global site bans, and subreddit moderators can't shad
by sithadmin 5y ago
Subreddit-level censorship is a different issue than global bans. Subreddit bans don't have any bearing on global site bans, and subreddit moderators can't shadow ban content (only remove, lock, add flair, or mark as spam for the global spam filter). If OP is globally banned, they've either run afoul of the global spam filter (possible to trip if enough mods mark your submissions as spam, but as a mod that has collaborated with mods from other subs to deal with corporate astroturfers - the threshold to get a ban this was seems pretty high if there's a human generating posts rather than a bot) or some other global abuse detection system.
- josephcsible 5y ago> Subreddit bans don't have any bearing on global site bans Yes they do. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30322984 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30322984 explains how.
- StellarTabi 5y agoThe abuse detection system that user is talking about does not kick in for 3 users on a shared IP who seeming accidentally participated in a subreddit another account was banned for. You would need much larger numbers or a moderator to formally acuse you of ban evasion to the admins.
- josephcsible 5y agoThe other comments in this thread make it sound like it absolutely does kick in in cases like that, and that no formal accusation of ban evasion is required for it to ban you.
- StellarTabi 5y agoYou just believe them with no evidence? Ban evasion suspensions say "ban evasion". They obviously triggered an unrelated system.
- StellarTabi 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30344379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30344379