[SkyPuncher]

My perception of Reddit change radically after I had some comments removed from a popular video game subreddit (from which the larger post was removed).

I expressed a critical opinion on a video game that I, overall, greatly enjoy, but have been feeling increasing frustration over how the developers have been supporting it. The comment certainly wasn't racist, sexist, political, etc. It was simply critical of an aspect of the game that I felt was holding me back from fully enjoying the game.

What made it even worse was my comment was shadow banned. It shows up on my profile. It shows up when I'm logged in. But, it doesn't show up in an incognito tab, it's [removed].

I started noticing this happening in a lot more places. I add a comment that I'd expect would get some sort of reaction (either positive or negative), but it gets nothing. Turns out, these comments were being removed without me be aware.

In the past, content removal would almost always come with an explanation - and that reason was likely clearly justified.

[rhaksw]

> my comment was shadow banned.

Yup, this is so common I made a site showing where it happens [1]. Prior to this there was no easy way to see what had been removed from your account. Even I as a developer had no idea it was happening for years because (1) mods do sometimes send removal messages, leading me to believe they are always sent, and (2) as you wrote above, removed comments do show up in the thread when you are logged in. Everyone else sees [removed].

[1] https://www.reveddit.com

[Shivetya]

you can get shadow banned from subs for posting on other subs and its all automatic as well. this I know first hand as I was a regular poster on an antique related sub only to one day find none of my posts getting noticed and the pictures not showing. came to find out they are part of a group of subs which ban people who post on another sub.

reddit has become a real cess pool and its not the users and what they post but the back door rules and such and pettiness among to moderators of many subs

[ewindal]

Pretty sure that was a moderator action. If it was /r/games, the mods there don’t seem too interested in informing you when they action your comments or posts. They very very often remove comments because of the «no off-topic discussion» rule, even if it’s literally just one off-topic sentence in a paragraph long comment.