My censorship story about reddit begins when I somehow or other saw the front page instead of just my usual set of selected subreddits.
On that front page was a thumbnail photo of an old piece of medical equipment. It was an Iron Lung. I hadn't seen one of those since the 1960s.
So I commented on that front page article stating just that, that I hadn't seen one of those since the 1960s. What's the big deal about that, you might ask. As did I.
Except that the following day, I received a notification that I had been permanently banned from some subreddit that I had never heard of ever before. Huh? The reason given was that the article I had commented on was in one of the Trump subreddits. Who Knew?
When I commented on this strange state of events, that new comment of mine was 'disappeared' within minutes.
I knew then that Reddit had 'jumped the shark' and could only terminally decline after that.
Many subreddits use Mass Tagger[0] or other bots to automatically ban people who post in 'right-wing' or 'reactionary' subreddits. The criteria for being tagged is shakey at best.
> Many subreddits use Mass Tagger[0] or other bots to automatically ban people who post in 'right-wing' or 'reactionary' subreddits. The criteria for being tagged is shakey at best.
Last time I used reddit (years ago), it was easy and ubiquitous to use many alt accounts and to switch between them using RES. Seems like it would just encourage people to use more alts.
On that front page was a thumbnail photo of an old piece of medical equipment. It was an Iron Lung. I hadn't seen one of those since the 1960s.
So I commented on that front page article stating just that, that I hadn't seen one of those since the 1960s. What's the big deal about that, you might ask. As did I.
Except that the following day, I received a notification that I had been permanently banned from some subreddit that I had never heard of ever before. Huh? The reason given was that the article I had commented on was in one of the Trump subreddits. Who Knew?
When I commented on this strange state of events, that new comment of mine was 'disappeared' within minutes.
I knew then that Reddit had 'jumped the shark' and could only terminally decline after that.
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