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submitted 1 day ago by Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As the title says. I believe Reddit has been using shadow bans to quiet dissenting opinions that aren't inherently breaking TOS.

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[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yes, but it's not just mods abusing automod to shadowban per-subreddit. Site-wide shadowbans have been a thing for years.

Reddit is a tool for social manipulation. That's not what it was founded on, but it all went down-hill when Aaron Swartz died.