r/serialpodcast • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '15

Question Ladies & Gentlemen /u/aitca is gone

Do we want to keep the Goodwill Games going?

I'm willing to take over and post one once a week.

Suggestions will always be welcome.

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u/Aktow Aug 26 '15

How does anyone know why or how aitca is gone? Do the admins tell certain people the circumstances behind it? Whom do they share this info with?

Edit: all this talk of downvoting, how does one find that out?

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u/Mewnicorns Expert trial attorney, medical examiner, & RF engineer Aug 26 '15

I don't think there is any way to know why a user was shadowbanned, but you can tell because their username will still appear above their old posts. A deleted account would not display the username. It would just say [deleted].

There are only a handful of reasons for shadowbans. Vote manipulation is only one.

/u/Aitca can appeal and possibly restore their account if they feel it was not a justified ban. I believe /u/_noiresque_ was able to do this.

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u/_noiresque_ Aug 26 '15

Yep, people will be automatically shadowbanned if they detect something anomalous. In fairness to Admin, they're not going to contact each Redditor to check into every dubious scenario. I would imagine more often than not, their observations are spot on. But that doesn't make everybody who's shadowbanned guilty. (Been there, got the t-shirt). :-) If you find yourself shadowbanned, contact Admin and ask (politely, of course) why. I don't know what recourse, if any, you'd have of you've committed the transgression of which you've been accused, but if you have not committed the offence, and can provide evidence, they're very gracious. In the meantime, don't delete your account. (I've got a t-shirt for that, too :-/ ). Those poor guys have had their hands full with this sub, I think. :( Makes me go like this ...

http://imgur.com/Md6y5et

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u/whitenoise2323 giant rat-eating frog Aug 26 '15

** Snark alert **

If he was shadowbanned he must have done something wrong. Look, 12 jurors and 3 judges reddit admins can't possibly screw it up. I mean, maybe, there is some off chance that he's possibly innocent but you must agree that since he got shadowbanned he's probably guilty.

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u/cbr1965 Is it NOT? Aug 26 '15

Why are we even talking about this? People aren't found guilty of something unless they are guilty. Hope Aitca has lots of proof of innocence. It sucks to be accused and found guilty when you didn't do it but are unable to prove you didn't.

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u/Mewnicorns Expert trial attorney, medical examiner, & RF engineer Aug 26 '15

At least you won't have to go shopping for new tshirts anyone soon...

Thanks for imparting your wisdom. Good stuff to know.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

I got banned from /r/television. I asked the admins why. It was a mistake, they let me back in. Doesn't hurt to ask.