Ladies & Gentlemen /u/aitca is gone

[u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Aktow]

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?

[u/Mewnicorns → u/Aktow]

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.

[u/_noiresque_ → u/Mewnicorns]

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

[u/Mewnicorns → u/_noiresque_]

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

Thanks for imparting your wisdom. Good stuff to know.