Shadowbanning Is Big Tech’s Big Problem

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[–]Evola 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I noticed when I would go on a shit posting spree on r*ddit I'd get a couple of upvotes and then minutes later the post would tank to the -20's. I haven't had an honest discussion with a redditor in there own platform for what feels like nearly half a year. Before for years now I could float an account with a half thousand positive score for months before the admins got to the accounts. I've probably racked up over 400 moderator manual bans so I know what they're like but I don't even bother going on that site anymore because there's no human arguments to be had anymore, it's all just bots downvoting to -100 which seems to trigger an automatic shadowban.

There must be an automatic troon dislike detector too because that seems to be what triggers admin account removal instead of the usual shadowbans I get.

[–]Insider 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If you're just posting toxic shit, then it's kinda understandable. Normal ppl are gonna join in on the downvoting.

If you're posting political stuff, you're gonna be silenced if your narratives oppose mainstream brainwashing. On conservative/Trump subreddits, you get silenced as well for the wrong narratives since they want to control pro-Republican speech and draw less attention to government corruption beyond the old establishment heads.

[–]Evola 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I've always mixed it up experimenting with different levels of tone and seriousness and basically if you tell the truth on anything the bans come your way eventually.

The trick to getting attention is to write as short a post as possible. One line at best.

[–]Dragonerne 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The trick to getting attention is to write as short a post as possible. One line at best.

Yes, because its easier for bots to reply to.

[–]Evola 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Actually you might be correct that making it easier for the bots to post means that the amount of real humans must be much smaller on that damned site so it always makes me wonder how to deprogram the poor souls trapped in that nebulous.