@gedaliyah to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agoReddit blocking all major search engines, except Googlereadwrite.comexternal-linkmessage-square185arrow-up1678arrow-down118
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minus-square@BabalugatslinkEnglish3•2 months agoThey’re also blocking posts by users who aren’t banned or even got a warning. It appears to the user as though it’s been posted, but it hasn’t.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoshadowbanning is a totally different issue that’s existed for a long time though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoShadowbanning? Do you have more info on this?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 months agoThey’ve done this for a long time. It’s supposedly only supposed to be used on bots but it definitely isn’t in practice
minus-square@BabalugatslinkEnglish1•1 month agoI didn’t know there was a name for it, I don’t have anymore info on it, but I can show examples of it happening.
They’re also blocking posts by users who aren’t banned or even got a warning. It appears to the user as though it’s been posted, but it hasn’t.
shadowbanning is a totally different issue that’s existed for a long time though.
Shadowbanning? Do you have more info on this?
They’ve done this for a long time. It’s supposedly only supposed to be used on bots but it definitely isn’t in practice
It definitely is in practice 100%
I didn’t know there was a name for it, I don’t have anymore info on it, but I can show examples of it happening.