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posted by n1 on Thursday November 12 2015, @10:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the shiny-new-ban-hammer dept.

In a move that isn't particularly surprising given their lack of support for intellectual diversity to date, Reddit has introduced outright bans to replace its shadow banning policy.

Reddit has introduced an "Account Suspension" feature that will replace Shadowbanning for non-spammers, though previously shadowbanned accounts are not going to be automatically unbanned.

A post on July 28, 2015 by Reddit admin /u/krispykrackers explains the basics of Shadowbanning, a tool initially created to counteract spammers by hiding their content without letting them know their account had been shadowbanned. However, this was Reddit's only tool for an account-wide ban, and it has since been used on people other than spammers as well.

Account Suspension will be more straightforward and transparent than a Shadowban. An F.A.Q. page (sic) linked in the announcement post states that only Reddit administrators will be able to apply suspensions, which can be temporary or permanent. Permanent suspensions will result in a message about the account's status being added to that account's userpage.

See, I'm a veteran. This means I was willing to take a bullet for the right of my countrymen to speak their minds. On this at least I have not mellowed as I've aged. My personal line in the sand is that we will never site ban for anything but over-the-top spamming or gross/repeated illegal activity while I am on staff. See my journal if you feel the need for that last statement to be expounded upon.


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 12 2015, @06:29PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday November 12 2015, @06:29PM (#262275) Journal

    There are also other places that do not want to be free for alls, they want to have a specific character and you are required to follow their rules in their house. That's how free speech works.
     
    Funny how "let the free-market decide" and "invisible hand" get thrown by the wayside whenever "SJW"s are perceived to be involved.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 12 2015, @07:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 12 2015, @07:43PM (#262318)

    Who is suggesting that the government stop the censorship? From what I see, people are merely criticizing it. Or do you think that freedom of speech and the free market mean being free from criticism?

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 12 2015, @09:32PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday November 12 2015, @09:32PM (#262373) Journal

      "See, I'm a veteran. This means I was willing to take a bullet for the right of my countrymen to speak their minds."

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2015, @02:01PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2015, @02:01PM (#262635)

        I'm not seeing how that is advocating that the government stop this particular censorship. Maybe it simply means that he values freedom of speech highly.