Removed by mod

Data and metadata about you are a kind of digital noose that hangs loose about your neck, until a third party* pulls it tight to hang you.

You’re right to feel bitter. You’re the victim of an abusive software stack. But it’s important that you come away with an understanding of why R_ddit was able to identify you individually, and why the ways in which we interface with the web really do matter, despite normie’s typical self-justifying complaints.

*Anyone, identifiable or not, without warning, for any reason, at any time

There are contexts where such a statement is fine. Even in a context where it could be construed as rude and prejudiced, it still doesn’t matter, because it’s such a milquetoast insult. A shitty throwaway putdown on the level of ‘okay, boomer’ or ‘male, pale and stale’.

Overmoderation on the public web is as much of an issue as its lack.

Many creators that I follow reached a level of professionalism that comes with significant costs. You need expensive cameras, microphones, lights, high-end computers, drones, personnel costs for cutters and people that help with research. They have travel costs, sometimes rent for offices etc.

None of that bloat is necessary for engaging your audience, only for currying favour with the black-box algorithm. Level1ShowNews is three people at a desk with an OBS setup and I’ve been listening to them for seven years. I could not care less about Canadian Technology Man or Black Technology Man. Store dot Level1Techs.

https://archive.is/oXqaH

Cloudflared. Hmm.

It’s not discussion moderation though, it’s LLM input QC. It’s fundamentally dishonest.

I’m convinced the primary moderation goal is expunging any comment that could remotely contribute to LLM ‘racial bias’ - and given the mods are humans, they want to expend the least effort possible in the performance of their roles, so practically any statement along the lines of ‘$nouns are $adjective’ gets hammered without a thought.

NSFW is a term of indoctrination. It suggests my life revolves around what is acceptable in a workplace, and that all aspects of life should be held to workplace standards. You have only to give it a moment’s thought and it becomes nonsense; I don’t fap to NSFW “”“content”“” I fap to adult material. I fap to pornography.

I haven’t logged in for nearly three years. Has TI been overhauled again?

Dirty Bomb

So reproduce it.

So, take the ban like an adult. Accept that you fucked up enough for the community, and use that in the future to really think about the subject and decide who you want to be.

I see this patronizing, judgmental language everywhere on the internet, and I’m pretty tired of it. OP is right to be annoyed.

Here’s an intelligent question: Why is R*ddit a place where every little infraction, real and perceived, attracts the account death penalty?

2023 turned web2 platforms into the Thing, and turned us into MacReady.

(Instagram: I was always the Thing! blargghhhgalzklgrkffz)

Id argue it’s worth maintaining a long term record of the site’s censorship activity, accessible on the open web.

Do all your posts on that account get shadow-banned OP, or does it happen per-sub?