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> So you think secretive measures more often defeat spammers than trusting users? Yes. And it's really not a close question. "Regular users" don't have to be
by sanderjd 3y ago
> So you think secretive measures more often defeat spammers than trusting users?
Yes. And it's really not a close question.
"Regular users" don't have to be platform experts and learn tricks and stuff. They just post normal links and comments and never run into moderation at all.
- rhaksw 3y ago> They just post normal links and comments and never run into moderation at all. On the contrary, secret suppression is extremely common. Every social media user has probably been moderated at some point without their knowledge. Look up a random reddit user. Chances are they have a removed comment in their recent history, e.g. [1]. All comment removals on Reddit are shadow removals. If you use Reddit with any frequency, you'll know that mods almost never go out of their way to notify users about comment removals. [1] https://www.reveddit.com/y/Sariel007/ https://www.reveddit.com/y/Sariel007/ archive: https://archive.is/GNudB https://archive.is/GNudB
- sanderjd 3y agoI'm talking specifically about HN, not reddit.