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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
I was banned from /r/AskReddit for referencing a handful of recent submissions of a user to comment on his/her comment about online anonymity that he/she probably already leaks a lot of information that can be used to limit the number of "suspects" a lot.
There is no appeal process for bans by the way, it is not clear from the UI that I even was/am banned, no explanation and no time limit (apparently my "crime" was to compile information from the first page of a user's public submissions which according to /r/AskReddit mods is violating site-wide privacy rules).
I'd also love to see a list of potentially private information that is 100% NOT ok to post (apparently US-Americans worry a lot about their SSN for example?) and some that is 100% ok to be posted (IP addresses?).
Comment by MacBelieve at 16/07/2015 at 21:31 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Exactly. Since when is easily identifying someone from their own posts violating their privacy? I understand if you have to go around cross referencing with other sites, but I could sit here and state my real name and presumably get banned for it under these new rules.
Comment by TheHaleStorm at 16/07/2015 at 23:25 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I was banned from /r/news for no apparent reason. At least they sent a not saying I was banned and gave me a link to reply to about why so they could ignore me more effectively.
Comment by VanFailin at 17/07/2015 at 02:22 UTC
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Doxxing is the process of compiling the information a user chooses to make available to reveal information they didn't intend to make available. Even if you're trying to make a point, you're doing exactly what that rule is intended to prevent. I would imagine that what's appropriate to post about a user would be best described as "information that they intended to share" so as to include "this guy said he worked here in this one comment" and to exclude "from going back through his comment history and looking up some details I found out he works here."