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How can you tell that someone is shadowbanned?

• leetrout 4y ago
  All their comments are dead
  • fsckboy 4y ago
    if part of the way the shadowban works is that the banee isn't alerted, why are you alerting them which works against "the system"?
    • deleted 4y ago
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    • adwn 4y ago
      Because "the system" might have made a mistake. And even if the shadowban was warranted at some time, the poster might have improved their conduct in the meantime and should be given another chance. Usually, when I see a reasonable but dead comment, I vouch for it. If the commenter is shadowbanned and their other most recent comments are also reasonable and civil, I (sometimes) alert them to their status.
  • chrisbaker98 4y ago
    I don't get it. How do you know that GP is shadowbanned? The post looks just like a normal post to me; I'm not even sure what it means for it to be dead.