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View submission: Removing harassing subreddits
Soft bans? Shadow bans? What kind of website does this shit? It's like some twisted version of banning where you could have let someone go but instead you stabbed a needle of mushroom juice into their skull so they live in some kind of illusion. Knowing people are addicted to upvotes and have accounts with histories and subscriptions and shit, Reddit has basically designed a system of fear to try and hinder and/or punish people for speaking out of line.
Why has this been allowed for so long? All it takes is one bad leader to ruin everything and, well, here we are.
Comment by CODDE117 at 11/06/2015 at 19:31 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Shadowbans where made so that bots could be banned without them thinking they are banned. Why they are used on actual users, I have no clue.
Comment by MacHaggis at 11/06/2015 at 08:47 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I think the concept of shadowbans is pure genius, but it has been severely abused during the past years, to the point that being shadowbanned sais absolutely nothing about you anymore.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 20:38 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's like some twisted version of banning where you could have let someone go but instead you stabbed a needle of mushroom juice into their skull so they live in some kind of illusion.
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