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minus-squarecorsicanguppylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago “Et tu, /r/startrek?” I feel your pain. I "and my ax"ed a comment thread on /r/pics and got a ban. When I went back to it, the entire thread was just deleted comments. Shadow-banned? When someone finally responded to a plea for an explanation and we tried to discuss the error and a path toward a fix no context was available no one could explain the ban no one could confirm the ban was justified no one had an idea why “and my ax” was somehow bad in any context no one could offer anything I could do - apologies, I was thinking - to reinstate access They just said “I don’t know why but you’re still banned” or so and that was it. Power-tripping mod shadow-banned everyone in a thread? Some mod whose spelling I corrected, somewhere, projected guilt as wrath? We’ll never know.
I feel your pain. I "and my ax"ed a comment thread on /r/pics and got a ban.
When I went back to it, the entire thread was just deleted comments. Shadow-banned?
When someone finally responded to a plea for an explanation and we tried to discuss the error and a path toward a fix
They just said “I don’t know why but you’re still banned” or so and that was it.
Power-tripping mod shadow-banned everyone in a thread? Some mod whose spelling I corrected, somewhere, projected guilt as wrath? We’ll never know.