Mike Hardaker, who has maintained a Reddit account for 20 years, has been shadow-banned on Reddit. He has posted an update on X, stating that Reddit requires an ad spend to restore organic posting. This demand was given to him in writing.

  • hector@lemmy.today
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    13 days ago

    I keep hearing stuff like this, makes me wonder if they are even honestly getting those moderations wrong, or if they are pretending to get it wrong to ban you for other reasons. My violations were often in bad faith for other reasons that I got violated for I believe. Did you get into any arguments with like Influence agents for a powerful group? Ie Israel but not limited to.

    • willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 days ago

      if they are pretending to get it wrong to ban you for other reasons

      Oh, this has to be a very common behavior.

      Or making overly strict rules because you plan on selective enforcement from the get go.

      People will weaponize anything when they are fighting for an advantage.