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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by chris_wot on Thursday November 22, 2018 @09:37PM (#18513973)
It’s kind of hard to do. Almost certainly dang or another mod would rate limit or shadow ban me.

It’s their site to do as they will, but it strikes me as interesting that they are held up as saints when they are anything but. Note that I’m not saying they are monsters either, but as someone on the receiving end of dang’s conduct I personally cannot agree with this post. It’s not like they are really accountable for their actions.

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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by girvo on Friday November 23, 2018 @12:13AM (#18514499)
> Almost certainly dang or another mod would rate limit or shadow ban me.

See that's where you lose me, I'm afraid. This is why it's vague to the point of being irrefutable.

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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by bhengaij on Thursday November 22, 2018 @10:24PM (#18514125)
They're just regular mods. On a toxic one-up community. I'd like then to at least have a courtesy of mentioning when someone is (shadow) banned.
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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by reitanqild on Friday November 23, 2018 @01:27AM (#18514745)
I think they don't shadow ban people anymore since sometime after pg left.

I am somewhat rate limited it seems for reasons but I won't complain. I'm possibly more annoying than them.

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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by choot on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:40AM (#18515421)
> I think they don't shadow ban people anymore since sometime after pg left.

That's false. They also take away your individual ability to post a thread or upvote. They do this silently.

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