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We all understand what being 'banned' means. Some of us have been there. But, what about shadow banning? Why not alert users are banned? (hilariouschaos.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I mean I get it. No one needs to tell you shit.

But why is this used instead of perma banning?

I'm curious.

Thoughts?

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[–] Broken_Monitor 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Its because when people get banned they often just make a new account to circumvent the ban. Shadow banning means they dont realize right away and continue to post their bullshit on that account until they figure it out. Some people might figure it out quickly, but in many cases it will take months or more to realize. That person is effectively silenced in the mean time. Its only a temporary solution, but it apparently works pretty well. If its a bot they might not ever figure it out.

[–] extant 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Bots would likely figure it out quickly as they usually work on tandem with other bots boosting their own posts and comments which will fail if it can't find the other bots content.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What would the bot do after it finds out ?

[–] extant 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That depends on if the developer programmed an exception for this scenario what that exception does, otherwise it would likely just crash. As for the developer they'd just make another account for the bot to use, and likely try and figure out where they went wrong to avoid being banned again in the future.