Is there any popular site on the net that hasn't degraded into a far-left echo chamber that eliminates all dissent? It's downright dystopian to not even be allowed to civilly disagree.

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[–]JohnWhyGay Man[S] 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Yeah. Reddit banned 6 accounts of mine in a row with zero explanation other than a canned message about "repeatedly" violating their "content policy", but it was suspiciously right after I started saying some of the same stuff I said here in a completely civil manner. They also seem to have some type of auto-detection system that gets you after 1 to 3 days. I think I've finally got it fooled after clearing my cache and creating different accounts on every device I use. Reading several of their moderator forums, it seems they use their AI bots to analyze your digital "fingerprint" through typing style, site interaction behavior, locations, and devices... It's creepy as all hell.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is Orwellian as fuck.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I am doing something wrong. I've only been temporarily suspended once. Clearly I am lacking either in clarity or honesty.

[–]JohnWhyGay Man[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'd tell you how, but I don't even know for sure what happened. None of my comments were removed, I had never been banned from any individual subreddits, and I was mostly getting upvotes on my posts. I just know that as soon as I started commenting about trans issues like Lia Thomas and saying things like sexual orientation and gender identity have nothing to do with each other and shouldn't be grouped together, my account was suspended from all of Reddit. Every account I made after was suspended within a few days no matter what or how little I posted until I cleared my cache and cookies.

I can only assume that one (or many) of their admins is really touchy about the issue and can't handle civil disagreement about trans stuff (and especially not from a gay guy), so they made it their personal mission to smack me down. Ever since the Texas and Florida legal issues, the trans activists have seemed especially bad about shutting down any and all dissent.

Or maybe I'm just way off base and it's something else entirely. It just seems super coincidental that it happened as soon as I started posting views that expressed less than 100% acceptance for radical gender ideology.

This is the only information I got from them about it:

"Your account has been permanently suspended for breaking the rules. Your accounts are now permanently suspended due to multiple, repeated violations of Reddit's content policy."

Just a canned automated message, and appeals just led to similar automated messages in the rare chance they responded at all.

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Do you use a VPN? Might help. (Obvious question, sorry, but I know some people here aren't familiar with them.)

[–]JohnWhyGay Man[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I've thought about it, but from what I've seen, IP address isn't something they really put a lot of weight on, because it's so easy for people to change nowadays. They use a variety of techniques, from browser fingerprinting to behavior tracking. Clearing the cache and installing an extension that blocks browser tracking seems to do just fine for now, though.

Even still, I literally just got another account suspended from all of Rerddit for "hate", though they actually linked to my wrongthink this time. My crime was suggesting that people of different races aren't so different and alien from each other that we can't understand and relate to each other (on a post telling white people they can't have an opinion about the Will Smith Oscars thing). It's apparently hatefully racist to suggest that black and white people are both the same kind of human...

No warning... No second chances... Just immediate permanent suspension for a single comment they don't like. I'm wondering if any humans actually review these or if it's an automatic process after someone "reports" a comment.

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Clearing the cache and installing an extension that blocks browser tracking seems to do just fine for now, though.

Sounds like a good call. I should look into that as well, thanks for the reminder. I know there's some level of tracking of supposedly anti-trans profiles using Shinigami Eyes, but I haven't looked into that much.

Even still, I literally just got another account suspended from all of Rerddit for "hate", though they actually linked to my wrongthink this time. My crime was suggesting that people of different races aren't so different and alien from each other that we can't understand and relate to each other (on a post telling white people they can't have an opinion about the Will Smith Oscars thing). It's apparently hatefully racist to suggest that black and white people are both the same kind of human...

What the fuck lol. I sincerely hope that was caught by a filter rather than a human being who is that lacking in critical thinking skills and/or empathy.