NancyLebovitz comments on Voiceofra is banned - Less Wrong

21 Post author: NancyLebovitz 23 December 2015 06:29PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 24 December 2015 02:09:06PM 4 points [-]

No. This is called 'shadowbanning' and is a standard practice.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 December 2015 02:22:26PM 1 point [-]

Where is it standard practice? I'm surprised that people don't notice and come back under new names.

Comment author: Vaniver 24 December 2015 02:33:36PM 1 point [-]

Here's a description of it on Reddit. Apparently they also now do account suspensions. Shadowbanning is also used on Hacker News and Craigslist, according to wikipedia.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 December 2015 02:49:48PM 4 points [-]

The folks at reddit weren't happy with shadow-banning humans (as distinct from spammers), and eventually started suspending accounts.