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by FaviFake 1417 days ago
> You helped creating a bot that punishes users for posting certain words

No, I did not. The bot would not punish the user in any way, it would simply hide the comment from other users without even informing the OP.

I'm not sure if you're understanding the situation, the bot would remove comments containing the n-word, r-word and other very insulting slurs
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1983054104 1417 days ago
It's either a side effect and you accept it peacefully, or you're in denial and don't want to accept that the automatic moderation on Reddit is awful. Which one do you choose?
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FaviFake 1417 days ago
This wasn't caused by the automatic moderation of Reddit, the official Reddit Help Center says that "site-wide suspensions can only be applied to accounts by employees of Reddit and are done so after review of the actions and the context in which it took place". Maybe a bot flagged my comment, but a human had to review it.
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ericfrazier 1417 days ago
Totally, because every company policy is true.
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nextweek2 1416 days ago
Shadowbanning is the word you are not using for some reason.

Punishment without awareness is not going to change behaviour. You've created a system that doesn't address the root cause, so you're creating a game of whack-a-mole for yourself.

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FaviFake 1415 days ago
Shadowbanning is the word I am not using because it's the wrong word. As I said, the bot would not punish the user in any way, it would simply hide the comment from other users.

Why do you think people should be free to call other users ni***r or re***d?

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TMWNN 1417 days ago
>No, I did not. The bot would not punish the user in any way, it would simply hide the comment from other users without even informing the OP.

This is shadowbanning, and is a very bad feature of Reddit. If someone's comment or post is removed, that person ought to a) be notified or, at least, b) get the chance to see for himself that it has been removed. Fooling the poster into thinking that all is well is terrible from both UI/UX and general human being perspectives.

>I'm not sure if you're understanding the situation, the bot would remove comments containing the n-word, r-word and other very insulting slurs

Thinking that shadowbanning is a good thing is really retarded.

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