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Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨misk@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theverge.com/news/625075/reddit-will-warn-users-who-repeatedly-upvote-banned-content

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  • Rododenderon@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Left because any form of critique gets you a ban. People rather look away from problems so they can say they don’t see any.

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  • GrungeRob@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I got banned from my city’s subreddit for calling out racism and within minutes was then banned 3 other Canadian subreddits.

    The Russkies seem to have a stranglehold on our social media platforms

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Reddit; hear no evil, see no evil, upvote no evil

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  • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s so awesome seeing all these new people here bailing from reddit. Welcome!

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    • Rebecca_Corndogs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you! I’m excited to be able to say the word Luigi as many times as I want!

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  • SocialJusticeWhat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why I’m here on Lemmy now lol.

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  • Omega_Man@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And now here I am.

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  • middleagerioter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Which is why I’m here!

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  • CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And that is why I’m here now. Hello fellow travellers!

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  • Asmodeus77@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s why I’m here.

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    • dustpuppy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Me too

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  • Ymer@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So how do I go about finding some of these soon-to-be-banned posts? I want my old Reddit account to be part of the statistics 😁

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  • infinitymaya@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s horrifying especially to think how Reddit never did anything about the fucked up things incels would say they wanted to do to underage girls and women, or the literally jailbait, racist, insanity they’d share. Basically that stuff was always okay, but if you want to defend yourself against your oppressor? Banned for upvoting despite you didn’t even think the comment was “bannable”.

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  • ellypony@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      wow i hope they sent a warning to this person, absolutely irresponsible behaviour

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  • KillerSpacePotatoes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s why I’m here now. That site has just been getting shittier and shittier.

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  • Dropper_Post@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I got banned for responding to r/unpopularopinion something about prisons, and said people in prisons should work everyday 9-5, forced labour, no excuses etc. And someone responded that prisoners working would not be safe because other prisoners could easily attack other prisoners and harm them. And i was like yeah so if anyone attempts to do that, should be shot on sight. Basically warned before entering 9-5 work to be given instructions that attacking other inmates is wrong and you will be shot on sight if attacked other prisoner. So basically that was it. I got banned, because i wanted to make prisoners work like the rest of us, normal society who are not punished for prison time.

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    • WeeTodd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I worked w guy that did 7 years in state pen in like 1990’s. They were made to go out on work crews (not chain-gangs.) Picking up trash from side of road sorta stuff. They actually made a competition out of it to see who could do the most work. Said it felt good to actually be giving back to society.

      I asked what if you wanted to be the guy that stood there and refused to work? He said you could, but the inmates would make that person pay when they got back to lockup.

      How does this apply to your reddit banning post? Not sure but I figure i better leave there before i get banned. My first post on lemme.

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  • Gawdsausage@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Finally made the jump. Reddit is a right-wing cesspool of censorship.

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    • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Welcome over! How’s the experience so far?

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    • berno@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Right wing? You must be fucking high

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      • Gawdsausage@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Whatever makes you feel better. The user ase may be left-wing, the admins and mods screw heavily right-wing.

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    • oxysis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep this is what finally did it for me to ditch that piece of junk

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      • amos@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Welcome! Please create content, both by posting and commenting!

        Help the community grow!

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  • OverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I barely used Reddit - good riddance, this is what spurred me to sign up here. The right wing infestation of social media is nasty.

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    • rustyfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I remember one instance of right wingers roughly two years ago. But they got banished into the shadow realm and imploded shortly after. And then it happened again? Idk, shit got old after that first time.

      Nah, instead we have kind of a problem with the other end of the spectrum. Yeah, I know but it’s not what it sounds like. They are usually referred to as “tankies” but “fascists painted red” is more fitting. Putin lovers, CCP slurpers, friends of North Korea. They are mostly far and few between and you will be fine when you ignore them.

      Also: Welcome to Lemmy. Don’t hesitate to ask any questions. Our mods and admins actually care and answer.

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  • valkyrie00@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So the user who posts it can be banned and then the entire comment tree and upvoters. Selectively removing people/entire groups they don’t want being visible and keep/promote the ones they do. AI trained on all of this to monitor the speech in real time. So basically no dissent ever being visible because it’s removed before anyone can see and the user banned before they can let anyone know, a mass silent cyber gag.

    At least that’s how I see it being used. Here’s a picture of my dog though.

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  • Canuck@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just created a Lemmy account because of this stupid policy. Republicans/Conservatives can spew all manner of hate without consequence and we upvote “Elbows Up” (a hockey term BTW) and we get banned? Screw that.

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    • weremacaque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Wait, people got banned for upvoting that?

      Welp. Rip my account

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  • PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So if the content is banned how are people up voting it?

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    • steelrat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Reddit anti-evil teams (there are several and various AI content implementations) that lets most things cook for 24 hours and then remove it weather it’s been previously removed or not. They also include a community health score in new reddit that shows how often mods agreed with their AI and keyword whammies. Reddit CEO says that they want no mods and just AI eventually.

      Eventually it’ll all just be bots commenting and getting banned by other bots.

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      • smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s not that sort of ‘whether’

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  • Daemedeor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I accidentally upvote, so even if I undo it, I think it’s only a matter of time. Plus they didn’t even think about edited posts. It may not start off with affecting a lot of people but may grow that way. It is what is pushing me to lemmy and I hope to join you guys for good convo!

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  • Daelsky@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Someone posted this and that’s honestly scary. I hope more people abandon this sinking ship of Reddit.

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    • Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They are sending this if you show support for Ukraine.

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      • Daelsky@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yikes. More reasons to stop using Reddit. Слава Украине. (From a Russian-Ukrainian immigrant in Canada 🇨🇦🇺🇦)

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    • PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Seems like lemmyverse needs to advertise on Reddit

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    • WhyFlip@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why is it scary?

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      • jhymesba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Let’s put it this way. I have been shadow-banned on Reddit. Got an e-mail saying my account appeared to be hacked after I responded to an apparent call for violence with an observation that we’re generally not violent as a group but as time goes by, things might change, and a warning that you have to be careful with what you say because Reddit has a rule against calling for violence. I did the steps to secure my account, but while the message wenty away, I have verified that all my comments disappear into the ether. Sure seems like a ban there.

        And now, you can be banned for even LIKING a call for violence? And Reddit’s admins basically black-hole you if you have support questions of any kind. So, you like someone saying, say, “If this crap keeps going on, I might need to do something more than holding a sign, if you know what I mean,” and some Reddit power-tripper with a hardon for Trump clicks the ‘ban ur account’ button, and then you are stuck in read-only mode in reddit.

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      • Daelsky@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Being banned/reported for what you upvote/downvote? That smell censorship

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  • Beemoviebuthorny@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly the same. I got critical of the right and all of a sudden banned for violence ? After 12 years ? And me NEVER calling for harm to anything.

    But I got hyper critical of the right and that’s what did it.

    Reddit is and has failed.

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    • jade52@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same! Hello fellow 12 years on reddit expat

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    • KittenHippie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, i got banned because i literally told someone to fix their bot that had spammed me for years!!!

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    • defiantjazz@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I didn’t even say anything that crazy, just called Elon Musk a potato and they nuked my 14 year account.

      So here I am. How is it so far?

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re selective about who’s protected by that rule too. I got banned for saying shit about child molesters while there was simultaneously a thread on the front page with people saying the same shit about a business executive. Those comments were still up weeks after I appealed my ban asking what the difference was.

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  • Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Friendly reminder that almost all news media outlets and social media platforms are owned by a handful of extremely wealthy individuals and they are in full control of the algorithm that feeds you content, so you’ll likely never see anything that is critical of them or advocates for them to have less power or influence than they do.

    This is the 2025 version of “The revolution won’t be televised”.

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  • adm@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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    • defiantjazz@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Be the change you want to see in the world

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    • Only_Game_in_Town@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Be the change you wish to see in the world

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  • tenkkit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I actually came here today because of this! So far so happy with Lemmy

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    • kalithorn@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Me as well. I’m glad I learned about Lemmy.

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    • Glaukopis96@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      same reason here

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    • kay_peep@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same here! Reddit’s wild for thinking people will stick around after a stunt like this. Let them go deaf in their own capitalist bot filled echo chamber, the rest of us will move on.

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    • Liquid_Chaos13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same here.

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      • ZappedLemons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ditto!

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    • MaroTaro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Me too!

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  • Quirkycanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Reddit is turning into an American-dominated oligarchy. That’s why I moved to Lemmy. Hi everyone!

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    • SmokeytheBeard1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same here! This is actually my first lemmy comment! 14 years on reddit and got permabanned for saying I purchased a gun “in case the nazis come for me”.

      Fuck that noise I’m gone.

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    • Daelsky@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hi !!

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    • ghostrider2112@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And not the good Americans, our shitty dumbest ones!

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  • crabigno@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    10 years on reddit, surprised about my comments never getting the same traction as identical comments. 3 days ban for insinuating a billionaire performing a Nazi salute may indeed be a Nazi, second ban for insinuating violent action sometimes needs to be taken in defense of democracy. Permaban for (politely and positively) judging the looks of someone that asked to be judged through a photography, and clearly needed lo lift up their self-esteem.

    I rage quit reddit and delete my account that I opened long ago with the Google account I have recently cancelled.

    The exact same comments I posted, with the exact same content and intention now get thousands of upvotes (so clearly, I had been shadowbanned for years)

    Fuck them. Hello community, looking forward to have constructive interactions here.

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    • pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I also was banned because I called nazi to a nazi (he was saying some sht about venezuelan and Colombian people in a south American subreddit, not even a US one)

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  • KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    One would think that banned content couldn’t be voted upon. Sounds like reddit is using any excuse to censor any use other than “sponsored”.

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    • socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I got suspended because I was banned from a sub years ago on a different account, and I can’t block that subreddit. Accidentally commented on r/all, instantly suspended for ‘ban evasion’. I didn’t make a secret of the alt account, I made it to avoid doxxing. I didn’t want to comment on the subreddit, I’d block it from my feed if I could. Reddit knew I was banned and could have just kept me from posting there in the first place. Instead, suspension for evasion. Their whole setup is truly bizarre.

      Anyway it dramatically reduced my doomscrolling so it wasn’t a bad thing

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      • KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Reddit has begun sucking trump’s dick. I wondered if it had anything to do with musk plying his evil across the internet.

        Oh well… Thanks for responding! Have a great weekend!

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  • sasquatch7704@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just a stupid question, if it’s “banned content”, why is it on Reddit?

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    • pajam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think it’s likely:

      1. someone posted something that later gets banned
      2. in between the posting and the banning, you upvoted it
      3. at time of banning/removal or after, they can check the logs of users who upvoted it while it was “live”

      Also on reddit, removed posts and comments by subreddit mods can still be viewed if you have a direct link to it, or if you find it from a user’s profile instead of from the subreddit it was posted in. From there you may be able to vote on it still, although it’s pointless in most instances. However, Admin removed stuff likely cannot be found in the same way. Also a user deleting their own post or comment cannot be viewed in the same way either.

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