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When you're 20 minutes into an argument on reddit and suddenly get permanently IP banned for saying something that didn't even break rules
Same on Lemmy
Or you spend all of that time writing a well research comment and then realize that you’ve been shadow banned for pointing out that several sexual health/advice communities on there are run by what seem to be serial rapists….
This feels like diffamation and harassment. Stick to the facts if you're going to expose someone
I had screenshots and receipts. I’m not sharing them here, but I invite you to pick your favorite kinky advice community, and flip through some of those moderators histories.
But IPs are dynamic.
The net is far more ban happy than it used to, it's gotten to the point that I don't feel safe using Steam Forums.
Didn't care that much on Reddit, but on Lemmy, I feel like instance admins could choose to ban my account at any time, and that's fucking annoying.
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