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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by true_religion on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:24PM (#20648294)
That’s not shadow banning. That’s regular banning. To shadow ban, the suspect has to not know they are being affected. Automoderator is not subtle.
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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by txcwpalpha on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:35PM (#20648424)
Apparently you've never (knowingly) been shadowbanned by AutoMod. Deimorz (the guy you're responding to) created AutoMod when he worked at Reddit, and I can assure you that AutoMod is more than capable of removing all of your comments without you knowing (and the only way for you to know is to try to view your profile in incognito mode, or have someone else tell you that they can't see any of your comments).
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