%%excerpt%% Reddit has commenced its assault on search engines, blocking those that don’t have a commercial relationship with the company, like Google.
  • Babalugats@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    4 months ago

    They’re also blocking posts by users who aren’t banned or even got a warning. It appears to the user as though it’s been posted, but it hasn’t.

    • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      4 months ago

      shadowbanning is a totally different issue that’s existed for a long time though.

      • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        51·
        4 months ago

        They’ve done this for a long time. It’s supposedly only supposed to be used on bots but it definitely isn’t in practice

      • Babalugats@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I didn’t know there was a name for it, I don’t have anymore info on it, but I can show examples of it happening.