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Thay call that "shadow removal" in redditland. From the perpective of the guy who posted it, everything's kosher, just nobody's replying for some reason. From
by swayvil 4y ago
Thay call that "shadow removal" in redditland.
From the perpective of the guy who posted it, everything's kosher, just nobody's replying for some reason. From the perspective of everyone else in the forum there's no post.
Ostensibly a way of managing spam while depriving the spammer of informative feedback. In practice a method of censorship with extra "screw you" on top.
- slaw 4y agoHN censors heavily politics, economy and covid. See my comment about Estonia. I was shadow banned on Electrec, Tesla fan forum. My comments were visible when I was logged in, but gone when not logged.
- swayvil 4y agoHN censors unpopular opinions too. Some of us express our disagreement with a reply by downvoting and flagging. HN responds to that by rendering your reply progressively invisible. Throttling your speech. Shadow removal. And shadow ban. (While avoiding responsibility for the censorship, if you see what I mean)
- charcircuit 4y agoThrottling comes with your comments also being deranked. I wish the throttling error would at least tell you when you are able to post again.
- swayvil 4y agoZero explanation appears to be the popular policy with all of our social media overlords.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago'shadow banning' is just another method of avoiding responsebility and scrutiny, and stifling dissent. Goes with the times. Just like not exaplaining reasons for banning what's app account, makin vague TOS, keeping salaries secret, it's the antithesys of a fair and just society.