Submitted 8 months ago by Alice@hilariouschaos.com to askhilariouschaos@hilariouschaos.com
I mean I get it. No one needs to tell you shit. But why is this used instead of perma banning?
I’m curious.
Thoughts?
It’s most probably because they don’t want the user count to drop.
Also, if someone is shadow banned, they’re still actively browsing and reading articles and clicking links, so could be other reasons to keep them around too.
Shadow banning is completely shit, I agree. It’s very malicious.
Interesting point
People down voting us are the shadow banners, lol
they still get a traffic for the website while you don’t suspect anything…
Accounts are free and easy to make so if someone’s banned they’ll just make a new one and circumvent the ban. If you are shadow banned them you won’t circumvent it.
Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Its because when people get banned they often just make a new account to circumvent the ban. Shadow banning means they dont realize right away and continue to post their bullshit on that account until they figure it out. Some people might figure it out quickly, but in many cases it will take months or more to realize. That person is effectively silenced in the mean time. Its only a temporary solution, but it apparently works pretty well. If its a bot they might not ever figure it out.
extant@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bots would likely figure it out quickly as they usually work on tandem with other bots boosting their own posts and comments which will fail if it can’t find the other bots content.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 8 months ago
What would the bot do after it finds out ?