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Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by unethical_ban »

dablweb wrote: post #54

Just head over to reveddit.com and look at a few controversial subreddits without the shadow-banning. It's truly terrifying to see the true scale of censorship and ghost-banning in big tech right now.

Oh man, I have been banned and shadowbanned from a ton of subs! Outright banned from SandersForPresident, politics, WhitePeopleTwitter, BlackPeopleTwitter, LateStageCapitalism, pics, mildlyinfuriating, and several others.

For some, I was calling out the echo-chamber of the whole place, those are the politics ones. Oh, and calling out a troll account.

I got banned from a number of subs for making comments documenting the bot-like behavior of karma farming accounts. Accounts with millions of karma, reposting low-quality content as if it's organic.

And it looks like I just got banned from /r/ActualPublicFreakouts for calling out a troll for their behavior.

reddit really is a pathetic place for anything other than hobby subs with about 150k members or less.

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EDIT: I used reveddit and saw just how much of the posts I make are invisible. Not just by getting shadowbanned by hack mods on popular subs, but by other comments and submissions getting deleted for one reason or another. It's absolutely absurd.

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by kshacker »

throwaway14356 wrote: post #544
ska wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> nd can definitively say it's the best decision a person can make for their mental well being. No, you can only definitively say it's was the best decision you made for your mental well being. With the plausible suggestion that it might be good for some others, also.

for what it is worth it was great being the last person around without a smart phone. I dont know how old you are but people use to be alone with their own thoughts. Amazing things happen if you ponder situations until satisfied with your own conclusions. the delay made for wonderful long form conversations. exchanging text like we are doing here doesnt build relationships either. if i would die in the next 20 min yo…

> Amazing things happen if you ponder situations until satisfied with your own conclusions. the delay made for wonderful long form conversations.

I was wondering about this recently but so far unable to unplug. Wish it was a tad easier

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

SllX wrote: post #486
cassac wrote: post #443

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn’t the government already do that all the time? Copyright, trademarks, spectrum auctions, right of ways, public run utilities, private government projects bid out to single entities, eminent domain, licensing etc etc are all tools the government uses to mess with the market. It is not free and hasn’t been for awhile and I’m not sure any of it has to do with what’s best for the people.

The government does a lot of things that fall into a few categories: tax authority, police powers, market participation for its own activities, and even granting (or reserving) monopoly powers. Also missing from your list: USPS has a monopoly on First-class mail in the United States. Some of these are just, useful, bad, abhorrent, unnecessary, necessary, or outmoded. None of that falls into commanding the economy. We…

> None of that falls into commanding the economy.

...what would you say the Fed and FTC do?

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Post by netizen-936824 »

bloaf wrote: post #524
errcorrectcode wrote: post #489

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's something to that, and I skew towards democratic socialist. Doing nothing because it appears to target a perceived "foe" attribute or other demonstrates a lack of integrity in the bystander. Fair is fair, while selective impact games build resentment. One love and so on. We have to get past putting people in boxes for arbitrary disagreement/animosity. Formalized politics must be made obsolete.

The fundamental rule of conservatism is this: >There must be an in-group that the law protects but does not bind, alongside an out-group that the law binds but does not protect. That is why conservatives are so prickly about being regulated: to be bound by the rules is "proof" that they are no longer the in-group. Your very assertion that the law can be applied fairly (to the point group membership is irrelevant) is…

Could you provide any reading material for that fundamental rule? I'd like to read more about it and how it came to be.

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by conductr »

newprint wrote: post #521
999900000999 wrote: post #106

By far the best part is they didn't automatically cancel his subscription. What a horrible company, if you've banned my account that's fine but cancel the subscription and refund my money. If y'all haven't looked at it yet, read up on the FCC's filing against Match. They knowingly prompt up tons of fake profiles, to get you engaged. Horrifically this has lead to romance scams being the number one source of fraud in t…

I met my current girlfriend on Match.com(US) in 2019. She was unemployed back then and we lived 2h+ hours apart. First 6 months of the relationship, she was unemployed. We are still together and now she has a job. I don't think unemployment should immediately be a no go for the relationship.

Exceptions to every rule right. The rule still sounds solid to me if you’re trying to optimize the quality of your interactions.

My personal one from my days of being single, no “cat people”. I’m a “dog person”. I like cats but the slight personality difference between me identifying as a dog person and the people I’ve known who identify as a “cat person” is enough that it just sounds like a waste of my time.

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Post by ge96 »

Unrelated side note: Friend of mine was about to marry this girl and as soon as she got her green card she dipped. Another friend of mine met some girl on Duo, bringing her to the states like hmm... do I tell him? Oh well.

Tinder is brutal though, not something I did great on.

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by kordlessagain »

jcadam wrote: post #523
999900000999 wrote: post #106

By far the best part is they didn't automatically cancel his subscription. What a horrible company, if you've banned my account that's fine but cancel the subscription and refund my money. If y'all haven't looked at it yet, read up on the FCC's filing against Match. They knowingly prompt up tons of fake profiles, to get you engaged. Horrifically this has lead to romance scams being the number one source of fraud in t…

I met my wife when she tapped me on the shoulder in a public place and introduced herself. I just smiled and nodded and ended up with a date - I think I might have gotten my name out at some point -- not sure. She calls me by the correct name now, 20+ years later in any case. Online dating sites/apps seem like they'd be a nightmare.

I’m pretty sure software ruins things that should occur naturally or by chance. Allowing people to over analyze anything while making money at the same time, through hope, is an evil business model.

For every happy story used for supporting said model, there are literally billions that did it the old fashioned way.

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Post by stathibus »

josephcsible wrote: post #132
stathibus wrote: post #8

It definitely does seem possible to me to violate terms of service without any likes or matches. We don't know what was on their profile.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

It's innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

Are you suggesting that private companies should have to take their users to court before disabling accounts

Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech

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Post by throwuxiytayq »

TameAntelope wrote: post #564
vidarh wrote: post #401

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you read my last line? I did not suggest they do so now, but I do genuinely wonder how long until they do. It's a big issue that they have been allowed to control this market the way they do. It's somewhat tolerable today because they've avoided taking steps to call nsolidate them . But also only for that reason.

> It's a big issue that they have been allowed to control this market the way they do. I don't think that's true. Tinder doesn't control the dating app market, nor would it be a problem, per se, if they did.

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