Does Lemmy have shadow banning? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Alpha71@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I haven't been able to post anything for the last two days. I don't know if I was banned for a bit or not since I received no notice or warning.

If it wasn't a ban what happened?

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[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I don't think I've ever had that issue except for some streaming stuff.

You can search online instead of demanding I list reasons.

[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

You're the one who made the argument that there were plenty of uses. The onus is on you to back up your suppositions. Not me.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I'm not who you originally asked, but one of the things other than torrenting that I use a VPN for is bypassing arbitrary geo-restrictions on websites. A lot of (mostly US) websites don't allow you to access them if you aren't in the country, or in some cases, if you don't live in the right state.

[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I've used it for that too, but even that's going away. Pretty soon I think ISP's (or governments) will clamp down on VPN's. Or they will make the argument that if you want to use a VPN, then you can only use "THEIR" VPN

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This isn't an academic essay, go look yourself.

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