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by 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.