I've been wondering for a while why no one was responding to anything I was putting on reddit- I was putting different questions into niche community groups and was very shocked to see that no one was interacting.
Today I learned that I had actually been shadowbanned from reddit for some reason. For those of you who don't know, that essentially means that I had been banned from participating in conversation by creating posts or comments, but I had no idea that was the case since on my end it looked like everything was posted and visible to the public. They don't give you a reason though, but since I mostly lurked and the only thing I ever did post wise was try to ask some questions in various hobby groups, I have no idea why I was chosen for a ban.
To say I am angry at reddit is an absolute understatement. I will never darken the doorframe of that platform again, and I am so thankful that we have this platform with much more liberty to converse and contribute to our little communities on the internet.
Thank you all for being here and making the internet a place where open discussions can be held between everyone again.
It's been that way for a long time. For new accounts you usually have to get comments pre-approved so they can become visible then slowly gain enough karma to the point that your comments stop requiring it. Opening up a permalink of the comment I made was something I did often to see if it was actually visible.
it's something that I didn't know about until today. started doing the Perma link thing to check- sure enough none of my posts or comments were ever actually posted.
doesn't really make sense because I've never said anything offensive or otherwise controversial, so I'm not sure why I was excluded from participating in conversation