gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit blocking all major search engines, except Googlereadwrite.comexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1681arrow-down118
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minus-squareBabalugats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoshadowbanning is a totally different issue that’s existed for a long time though.
minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoShadowbanning? Do you have more info on this?
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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-squareBabalugats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt definitely is in practice 100%
minus-squareBabalugats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.