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In contrary to modern popular belief, this is not the case (at least on reddit). Have a look at Banned Subreddits at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controvers

by rmholt 2y ago

In contrary to modern popular belief, this is not the case (at least on reddit). Have a look at Banned Subreddits at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_Reddit_communities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_Reddit_communi... Unless you are advocating genocide, murder, outright advocating for ethnic cleansing, or are violently sexist/racist, you're fine.

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survirtual 2y ago
This is not true. When I was active on reddit, I advocated for nuclear energy using math and physics. One time, I wrote a comment calculating energy vs used land vs used infrastructure, including mining and logistics, to show how radically more efficient nuclear is than any other power source. It got little / no engagement. That comment triggered me to check pushshift and see if I was banned for some reason. Turns out, every comment I had ever made about nuclear technology was shadow banned, even relatively innocuous ones. This was universally across all of reddit. They don't allow advocating for nuclear energy, what else don't they allow? One time, I wrote a historical warning about how the rich don't generally do well with massive wealth inequality during times of revolution. This was flag as violent content and I got a warning saying I would be banned if I did it again. This was roughly ~5 years ago. How much do you think the noose has tightened since then? Keep in mind, my comments were well thought out, posted in good faith, and respectful. I was not trying to hurt people or prove them wrong, just truth seeking and truth sharing. It became clear to me truth is no longer allowed on mass platforms.
- ty6853 2y ago
  5 years ago was when it became totally unusable and I stopped trying to find a way to use it. COVID gave a lot of people with a half ounce of power the green light to trump up 'misinformation' as murderous/violent, which was applied writ large.
- rmholt 2y ago
  Is it possible your entire account got shadow banned, due to unrelated reasons? Afaik it's not even possible to shadow ban a single post, but they do that to entire accounts. EDIT: Also that's a really pessimistic leap, "my account got shadow banned (on one platform, and you don't know it was the nuclear)" to "truth is no longer allowed on (implied all!) mass platforms" EDIT2: Also, how the saying goes, shit happens. I got banned on so many servers and forums, for random reasons. And I moved on?? Create another account if you have to, it's not like they can enforce the no multiple accounts rule well
  - gruez 2y ago
    >Is it possible your entire account got shadow banned, due to unrelated reasons? Afaik it's not even possible to shadow ban a single post, but they do that to entire accounts. AFAIK you can do subreddit "shadowbans" by setting automod to send all posts to modqueue, and then using another rule to approve every post except the ones you want banned.
  - ty6853 2y ago
    You generally only get targetted like that (anywhere in life) if you both have wrong opinions and you have a sophisticated and persuasive holistic argument that wins people over. If they can prove you wrong they'll be happy to leave it displayed for all so everyone can see what an idiot you are and mission accomplished. And they already have prepared rebuttals for anything in the books or talks by prominent proponents/opponents, so you have to have innate and original thoughts to get to the point they can't use those attacks and you start persuading others. If you're just espousing what the 'greatest' thinkers of your persuasion argue, even if it's Hitler, you are generally safe because they already know how to defeat that using whatever their own greatest thinkers told them. This is actually a very rare trait in the general populace so it makes targeting such persons fairly narrow pursuit while simultaneously if you explain it happened most people will think you are crazy.
    - survirtual 2y ago
      Except in the case of the arguments I make about nuclear, they were verifiably and very obviously correct. I would talk about the energy density of u235 nuclear reactions vs burning coal, the energy of a neutron vs the energy of photons, things like intermittent generators and baseload, etc. it is not controversial, and anyone with some basic background in physics or chemistry could verify it.
gruez 2y ago
You're conflating moderators and reddit staff. OP was talking about actions of subreddit moderators, ie. unpaid volunteers. Your list of banned subreddits reflects the actions taken by reddit staff.
- ty6853 2y ago
  I was banned from all of reddit by paid moderators after an ivy league lawyer specifically targetted me, sifted through years of history for their best approach, and convinced them that my opinion on gun control was incorrect legal advice. They literally revived a ~year old thread specifically to engineer the attack on my account. I suspect it was done due to my opinions on covid.
keyboard_slap 2y ago
...or expressing the opinion that there's more to manhood or womanhood than a declaration of manhood or womanhood. I don't want to get into a debate about transgender politics here, but it should be acknowledged that such debates were (still are?) impossible to have on Reddit.

by rmholt 2y ago

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survirtual 2y ago

This is not true. When I was active on reddit, I advocated for nuclear energy using math and physics. One time, I wrote a comment calculating energy vs used land vs used infrastructure, including mining and logistics, to show how radically more efficient nuclear is than any other power source. It got little / no engagement. That comment triggered me to check pushshift and see if I was banned for some reason. Turns out, every comment I had ever made about nuclear technology was shadow banned, even relatively innocuous ones. This was universally across all of reddit. They don't allow advocating for nuclear energy, what else don't they allow? One time, I wrote a historical warning about how the rich don't generally do well with massive wealth inequality during times of revolution. This was flag as violent content and I got a warning saying I would be banned if I did it again. This was roughly ~5 years ago. How much do you think the noose has tightened since then? Keep in mind, my comments were well thought out, posted in good faith, and respectful. I was not trying to hurt people or prove them wrong, just truth seeking and truth sharing. It became clear to me truth is no longer allowed on mass platforms.

ty6853 2y ago
5 years ago was when it became totally unusable and I stopped trying to find a way to use it. COVID gave a lot of people with a half ounce of power the green light to trump up 'misinformation' as murderous/violent, which was applied writ large.
rmholt 2y ago
Is it possible your entire account got shadow banned, due to unrelated reasons? Afaik it's not even possible to shadow ban a single post, but they do that to entire accounts. EDIT: Also that's a really pessimistic leap, "my account got shadow banned (on one platform, and you don't know it was the nuclear)" to "truth is no longer allowed on (implied all!) mass platforms" EDIT2: Also, how the saying goes, shit happens. I got banned on so many servers and forums, for random reasons. And I moved on?? Create another account if you have to, it's not like they can enforce the no multiple accounts rule well
- gruez 2y ago
  >Is it possible your entire account got shadow banned, due to unrelated reasons? Afaik it's not even possible to shadow ban a single post, but they do that to entire accounts. AFAIK you can do subreddit "shadowbans" by setting automod to send all posts to modqueue, and then using another rule to approve every post except the ones you want banned.
- ty6853 2y ago
  You generally only get targetted like that (anywhere in life) if you both have wrong opinions and you have a sophisticated and persuasive holistic argument that wins people over. If they can prove you wrong they'll be happy to leave it displayed for all so everyone can see what an idiot you are and mission accomplished. And they already have prepared rebuttals for anything in the books or talks by prominent proponents/opponents, so you have to have innate and original thoughts to get to the point they can't use those attacks and you start persuading others. If you're just espousing what the 'greatest' thinkers of your persuasion argue, even if it's Hitler, you are generally safe because they already know how to defeat that using whatever their own greatest thinkers told them. This is actually a very rare trait in the general populace so it makes targeting such persons fairly narrow pursuit while simultaneously if you explain it happened most people will think you are crazy.
  - survirtual 2y ago
    Except in the case of the arguments I make about nuclear, they were verifiably and very obviously correct. I would talk about the energy density of u235 nuclear reactions vs burning coal, the energy of a neutron vs the energy of photons, things like intermittent generators and baseload, etc. it is not controversial, and anyone with some basic background in physics or chemistry could verify it.

gruez 2y ago

You're conflating moderators and reddit staff. OP was talking about actions of subreddit moderators, ie. unpaid volunteers. Your list of banned subreddits reflects the actions taken by reddit staff.

ty6853 2y ago
I was banned from all of reddit by paid moderators after an ivy league lawyer specifically targetted me, sifted through years of history for their best approach, and convinced them that my opinion on gun control was incorrect legal advice. They literally revived a ~year old thread specifically to engineer the attack on my account. I suspect it was done due to my opinions on covid.

keyboard_slap 2y ago

...or expressing the opinion that there's more to manhood or womanhood than a declaration of manhood or womanhood. I don't want to get into a debate about transgender politics here, but it should be acknowledged that such debates were (still are?) impossible to have on Reddit.