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Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by oauea »

CyberShadow wrote: post #61
krono wrote: post #16

There's a network of Dutch subreddits, 99% of which are managed by the same clique of mods. Recently I noticed comments I had posted in those subs over the last few months had completely been ignored. It turns out I have been shadowbanned, and not just on the primary /r/thenetherlands sub, but on every single one of the communities they manage. There is no apparent reason for them to have done this to me. My messages…

I was under the impression that shadowbanning was a moderation technique reserved for the admins, and unavailable to subreddit moderators; IIRC, it also applied to the entire website.

Mods can set up automoderator with a shitlist of users whose messages are deleted the very moment they're posted, as the moderation system is built into reddit now.

So it's not a true shadowban, but any posts you make on subreddits who have shitlisted you will get deleted instantly.

And of course when a post of yours is deleted on reddit by a mod, reddit does not tell you this or indicate it to you in any way.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by thinkingemote »

fnord77 wrote: post #9
TomGullen wrote: post #4

On the face of it seems strange why anyone would want to moderate popular subreddits, just seems like a lot of unpaid mundane and never ending work. Younger me might of been excited to do it from the perceived status perhaps. I do wonder how many off-site deals are done with moderators and third parties. There’s a lot of traffic these people are able to steward and influence I imagine.

I'm convinced the political subs are run by people employed by the two large US political groups

A more pychonesque* idea would be that the political subs of whatever colour are run by only one US government agency to give the illusion of freedom and dissention. "The party is over".

*E.g. Inherent Vice.

A more believable idea as it's based on fact is that Reddit is the playground of paid PR and marketing firms. Makes sense for a PR firm to have moderation powers too. (I suppose this might also be later Pychonesque or more like William Gibson?)

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by kilroy123 »

swiley wrote: post #15

You'll be happier if you just don't use Reddit.

I agree! For years I frequented Reddit many times a day. No I don't go there at all.

What worked for me was slowly unsubing until it was so boring, it just kind of lost the dopamine hitting effect.

Eventually, I never returned.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by krono »

huibf wrote: post #24
krono wrote: post #16

There's a network of Dutch subreddits, 99% of which are managed by the same clique of mods. Recently I noticed comments I had posted in those subs over the last few months had completely been ignored. It turns out I have been shadowbanned, and not just on the primary /r/thenetherlands sub, but on every single one of the communities they manage. There is no apparent reason for them to have done this to me. My messages…

I don't know why you're going through all that effort instead of just creating a new account.

I'm not exactly motivated to ever return now that I've learned that this how active community members in good standing can expect to be treated.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by adar »

read_if_gay_ wrote: post #44
huibf wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Moderators do very rarely speak for the community they moderate.

True, but they are the ones with all the power. I think you’re fighting not just an uphill but an impossible battle. With very little upside to you if you win.

It takes about 10 seconds to create a new Reddit account so it's the moderators who'd be fighting the uphill, impossible battle to keep someone banned.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by Kinrany »

vimy wrote: post #29

I think the Aether model is better. Users can revert mod actions and even dispose of the mods if they misbehave or go in a different direction than what the community wants. https://getaether.net/

How does it protect against fake users taking over voting?

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by agumonkey »

krono wrote: post #16

There's a network of Dutch subreddits, 99% of which are managed by the same clique of mods. Recently I noticed comments I had posted in those subs over the last few months had completely been ignored. It turns out I have been shadowbanned, and not just on the primary /r/thenetherlands sub, but on every single one of the communities they manage. There is no apparent reason for them to have done this to me. My messages…

Social networks rediscovering society. Isn't that pretty

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by deorder »

asutekku wrote: post #19
deorder wrote: post #5

Same with the coronavirus related subs last year: https://i.4pcdn.org/pol/1582202873483.jpg It was discovered and some of the mods removed themselves. Honestly I just think they go by another name.

That screenshot is from /pol/ so I'm curious if the complaints about "censorship" were that people couldn't call it a china flu.

What the screenshot shows is that only a handful of mods were running all major coronavirus related subs. /r/China_Flu is a major coronavirus related subreddit endorsed and promoted by Reddit themselves. Originally the image is not coming from 4chan.

Re: Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people

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Post by ianleeclark »

krono wrote: post #74
huibf wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why you're going through all that effort instead of just creating a new account.

I'm not exactly motivated to ever return now that I've learned that this how active community members in good standing can expect to be treated.

Seems you weren't in good standing.
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