gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoReddit blocking all major search engines, except Googlereadwrite.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
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minus-squareBabalugats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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-squareeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoshadowbanning is a totally different issue that’s existed for a long time though.
minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoShadowbanning? Do you have more info on this?
minus-squareBabalugats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 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-squareBabalugats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt definitely is in practice 100%
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?
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.
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%