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This's why I hate Reddit and r/worldnews

This's why I hate Reddit and r/worldnews - Lemmy.World

https://lemmy.world/post/16195972

Shadow banning your comment where only you can see them. This is what I see when I login from my account: https://ibb.co/WG8kNxB [https://ibb.co/WG8kNxB] When I logout: https://ibb.co/NZhzvtc [https://ibb.co/NZhzvtc] link to discussion: https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1d7aqf7/idf_announce_deaths_of_four_hostages_in_hamas/l727jwv/?context=3 [https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1d7aqf7/idf_announce_deaths_of_four_hostages_in_hamas/l727jwv/?context=3] the nazification of /r/worldnews has become ridiculous

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jordanlund

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Shit like this is why, when I have to ban someone or remove a comment or a post, I always make a public comment.

There should be no ambiguity over it.

retrospectology

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Shadow banning is one of the most toxic moderation practices on any platform. If a site or community has a set of guidelines then there is no reason it shouldn't be enforced openly.

Having to give a justification or even just a public notification of a mod action makes a moderator have to think a bit more about why they're taking an action and how it might effect the community.

People who run a privately owned forum are entitled to run it however they wish, but shadowbanning eliminates any chance for the members of a community to really understand how the community is truly being run, which robs them of their ability to make informed decisions about their own participation in that community.