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"If you raise the fucking hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."

In quotes and attributed, in a conversation about the Costco hot dog. But apparently I'm threatening violence. Lol

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I have two accounts, with lots of karma, inexplicably shadowbanned. All I do is post in like 3 niche interest tech/fandom subs, zero politics or hostility.

The appeals page is like a black hole. No explanation, no process, no results.

I don’t even know anymore.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Some people appealed for 6months before they got a response.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Fffffff, that’s even worse.

Honestly the niche subs I visit are either cesspools or “brain drained” now, and unfortunately not much critical mass is here on Lemmy… Seems most went to Twitter, Insta/Tiktok or maybe Discord.

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Appealing too many temp bans (all unfounded) got me perma banned.

Corpo bootlickers, kicking all humans off their platform until they remaining are indistinguishable from the growing see of bots.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

It's clear they only want people just browsing and not logged in anymore. All for the advertisement money

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I literally don’t know why I’m shadowbanned though, I didn’t do anything even adjacently controversial!

I guess I just talk like a bot? Not that they ban those, ha…

But yeah that’s what gets me, if there was some stated reason for a shadowban or permanent I’d be understanding, but zero feedback? Really?

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shadowbans are the cowards way of dealing with unwanted users — I understand why they do it, but it happens to way too many normal posters.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's okay for zapping low-effort bots, but there should always be a way for humans to deal with it...

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

I visited the shadowban subs, which lets you comment and apparently normal users are getting dusted for very little reason. If that sub is getting such a frequent postings, it's a red flag.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How many people get banned for quoting Trump's violent rhetoric?

[–] Amaranth@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I was banned 3 days for "hate speech" because I said the IDF was committing horrible crimes and killing children.

I was banned 7 days for violence (on a shit-posting sub) for saying Bonhomme should go to Washington DC and sort out 47. Bonhomme is the mascot of Québec Winter Carnival. He is a snowman. For context, the original shit-post had a "photo" of 47 gleefully eyeing a poster of Bonhomme. I did try to appeal this because....really? I was unable to even submit an appeal. I guess the US must be absolutely terrified of pretend snowmen from Québec.

I was permanently banned for violence because I spoke against 47 and his underlings calling for the annexation of Canada. The war-mongers are allowed to threaten their peaceful neighbour 🇨🇦 (and others) with economic ruin and invasion, but a citizen of 🇨🇦 isn't permitted to speak against this threat?

I was a premium member but I had put a pause on the membership a couple months back when we began boycotting the US. I didn't even try to appeal the perma-ban. I cancelled my membership/account and uninstalled the app.

[–] blacklisted@lemmy.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reddit permanently banned me for saying a person got "burned" when Trump did not pay the person. It was violent rhetoric, they said.

You know who didn't use violent rhetoric? The scorpion, from the parable of the scorpion and the frog. Truly a paragon of common decency.

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

30 day mute, write again and it's harassment.

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Leave Reddit.

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Mods there can ban if they dont agree eith your sports team, that shit is going downhill

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

CEOs being CEOs... Violent as ever 🤣

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 157 points 4 days ago (9 children)

It was a bot that automatically banned you

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 17 points 3 days ago

Oh, that makes it so much better…

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 98 points 4 days ago

There are absolutely bots doing this sort of thing. Years ago when I still had an account there I got flagged for "promoting suicide" because I explained that a stalemate in a chess game can happen because "the king is not allowed to commit suicide"

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

So like 99% of the rest of Reddit

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 67 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also a bot that will ignore the explanation and reject the request

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That's more of a script than a bot. Basically: if request, then reject.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

Bots are just fancy scripts

Basically: if request, then reject.

Sounds like they were inspired by U.S. health insurance companies.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good thing they can blame bots for this shit.

Throws up hands “It was the bots, nothing bad we did.” Just like when AI fucks things up and companies won’t take responsibility. Because we didn’t do anything bad 🤷

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 97 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Yeah, I got a 7-day ban for saying Luigi Mangione probably shouldn't go to prison for what he did because they said I was inciting violence. They lifted it on appeal, but not before hitting me with a perma-ban for some bullshit about circumventing the ban with other accounts (I've had exactly one account on reddit in the ~14 years I've been there), so I decided they were getting a bit too fashy for my taste and started looking for greener pastures.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I got a warning for saying a fictional Nazi "should be l****ed"

Not "luigied" literally I put the asterisks in and the bot still got it. They're so paranoid and scared lol

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know the context but: Could have been "uigi" but could have also been "ynch".

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Which is even more of an American pastime

Edit: bonus Soviet anti-lynching poster

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yeeep, that shit's crazy. Why we ever let corporations control our means of interacting with each other online I'll never know, but now it's all going to shit as it was always meant to so they can squeeze even more money out of us. Fuck 'em.

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[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago

Moderated by AI for your ~~safety~~ compliance.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Nothing makes sense at reddit.

[–] softcat@lemmy.ca 58 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"CEO" and "kill" going in the same sentence is ungood.

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[–] Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 42 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I got a warning for saying "I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye" in response to someone saying Spider-Man 3 was bad. 😂 I made an appeal and it was rescinded almost immediately, but still.

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