I've strongly suspected it for a while now.

  • Hippocrit [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I’m not sure what their threshold is but I can confirm that yes they do this a lot. You can open another browser incognito and go to the permalink for the parent comment (or the actual comment too I think?) if you need to check if it’s visible to others.

    Pretty sure r/news and maybe some other subs share a shadowban list with that sub but I’m not 100% sure. Maybe I’m just coincidentally shadowbanned in both which is probably a plus for my sanity honestly.

    There was one time a comment of mine didn’t show in a different sub and I messaged the mods asking what was wrong with it, and they allowed it saying that it was automoderated with their spam filter. Maybe getting shadow clapped in one sub means you get filtered in a few; I don’t know how it works.

    In most subs on R*ddit you’re walking on thin ice. I got banned from the Coronavirus sub (for incivility and politics) for telling people arguing China has worse numbers than the US that they were huffing on pure cope. Guess you need to be ultra libcivil if you want left opinions to fly anywhere on that shit site

    • spectre [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Guess you need to be ultra libcivil if you want left opinions to fly anywhere on that shit site

      You can and should tbh. Speaking their language will have some level of rhetorical effect, while going for a dunk only impresses people who already agree with you which should be done here on the_dunk_tank anyway.

      Libs will permit you to be smug af though if you can back up what you're saying, just try not to be crass.

      • Hippocrit [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        You’re right but usually when I low effort anger reply it’s fueled completely by wanting to blow off steam at whatever bullshit I’m reading instead of being productive and working to reach them.

        I used to put more effort into it but it felt like way more effort than impact, so now I’m just trying to phase out my Reddit use more and more. It would be very different if I knew them or felt they were easily reachable, but arguing with Redditors just infuriates me and feels pointless nowadays.

        • spectre [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          just trying to phase out my Reddit use more and more

          This is the best move comrade :)