• Avi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    When you’re 20 minutes into an argument on reddit and suddenly get permanently IP banned for saying something that didn’t even break rules

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      Or you spend all of that time writing a well research comment and then realize that you’ve been shadow banned for pointing out that several sexual health/advice communities on there are run by what seem to be serial rapists….

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      Their automated banning system has been on the fritz lately. I’ve seen so many [ Removed by Reddit ]s in the last couple months

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        22 hours ago

        Ong bro, I highly doubt that even their replies which say “this action was done without the use of automation” are even interacted with by the admins themselves, or any humans at all

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      I lost 7 reddit accounts, some over 12 years old, because I quoted someone saying a gendered slur on a serious discussion sub, so that he couldn’t edit his comment. Then i reported it. They banned me for “using a slur” and I appealed and the mods of that community laughed at me and acted like the sewage that they were and then when I appealed to admins I got perma’d.

      New accounts made, those got insta-banned. Used VPN and new email, purged all cookies. Insta shadowban. Repeated the process, no VPN, reset IP, cleared everything, got shadowbanned within a day.

      Meanwhile there are AI and bots just pouring low-effort content and comments across the entire website. “People” scream racial and sexist rants without facing any consequence. Entire communities of hate and sexism running rampant and gaining members.

      It’s enough to make a reasonable person feel unreasonably conspiratorial and suspicious.

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        Ong bro, the reddit admins are basically just non-existent atp, highly doubt they do any work, cuz the AI based permabans are going haywire

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      2 days ago

      The net is far more ban happy than it used to, it’s gotten to the point that I don’t feel safe using Steam Forums.

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        Damn, but atleast it’s decentralized here. Getting banned from a server doesn’t get you permabanned, IP banned, device tagged and witch-hunted across the site (as of right now)

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          Well, it could. You’ll have to switch instances m, but a lot of them could interpret this as ban evading

          IP bans are a thing. They’re just not automatic and you get targeted by admins

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            22 hours ago

            Damn I see, that make sense. But still, reddit worse (as of right now), hopefully it collapses or people realize the CEO is a pedo who is basically turning it into a facist empire and they switch to another similar app

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              Haven’t used reddit in a while so I didn’t know that

              I just assumed a lot of people here had… controversial opinions or crude language (well, you seem to have some as well)

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        22 hours ago

        Generally, yes. However, depending on how you get internet, it might be much more difficult to change an IP.

        On cable, there is no guarantee that restarting your modem/router will change your IP. Lots of cable ISP have the policy to reassign the same IP as long as the DHCP lease can be renewed.

        There are tricks like trying to unplug the modem for a long time, or change enough of its configuration/reset it to get a new lease. Or use a separate router that can change its MAC address.

        Even if dynamic, some people can be “stuck” with the same IP for a while. In my case I can have the same one for months.

        EDIT: I nearly deleted this comment.