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jcranberry
on June 28, 2022
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WHO declines to label monkeypox a global emergency
So you're saying all their comments are automatically dead until someone vouches for them? Or just he was downvoted on reputation?
smegsicle
on June 28, 2022
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> automatically dead
a technique known as 'shadowbanning'
detaro
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"Shadowbanning" is if you do that without telling the user that they are banned, with the goal of them not realizing they are banned for a while so they waste time instead of trying to circumvent the ban.
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