Can you explain? I don't know what s-banned means. I'm guessing it means my post isn't visible to anyone but me and the mods? And how can I find out why it's banned and also how to get it unbanned?
You know, that’s actually a fascinating question. I have no idea. You don’t have enough posts for me to have found your user page, and I wouldn’t have been able to see it otherwise. I’m a cripple, so even if the post had been made 10 minutes ago (rather than 10 days), I wouldn’t be able to remember how anyway.
It IS s-banned, though. When I go to your user page, I can see that the post exists, just not what it says. As for you, when you view your user page (and on each individual thread where comments are), you can still see everything you write (as though it isn’t hidden), but no one else can (if it is).
This is just about it. You can always quickly check to see if a comment is s-banned by copying the thread’s URL into a different browser (where you’re not logged in) and see if your comment appears at all. If not, just reword it and see if it bypasses the filter.
Note that all words deemed “political” are auto-banned on most boards here.
There’s a list (simply because the filter had to be told about it); I don’t know what it is off-hand. It shouldn’t be here, really, but it’s absolutely on other “casual” boards (funny, news, meta, etc.). You’re not allowed to talk about political news in news, apparently.
That's extremely disturbing that the list exists but we don't get to see it posted anywhere and so we get auto modded in mysterious ways and never know for sure what's being allowed and what's not
Guess what’s s-banned. This post.
Can you explain? I don't know what s-banned means. I'm guessing it means my post isn't visible to anyone but me and the mods? And how can I find out why it's banned and also how to get it unbanned?
Yep! Looks like you can still say it as two words without combining it (saying it combined also s-bans that comment!).
I guess you meant shadow banned. So how did you find it?
You know, that’s actually a fascinating question. I have no idea. You don’t have enough posts for me to have found your user page, and I wouldn’t have been able to see it otherwise. I’m a cripple, so even if the post had been made 10 minutes ago (rather than 10 days), I wouldn’t be able to remember how anyway.
It IS s-banned, though. When I go to your user page, I can see that the post exists, just not what it says. As for you, when you view your user page (and on each individual thread where comments are), you can still see everything you write (as though it isn’t hidden), but no one else can (if it is).
It’s institutionalized gaslighting.
So where should I go then to speak freely about stuff? Any suggestions?
This is just about it. You can always quickly check to see if a comment is s-banned by copying the thread’s URL into a different browser (where you’re not logged in) and see if your comment appears at all. If not, just reword it and see if it bypasses the filter.
Note that all words deemed “political” are auto-banned on most boards here.
What do you mean by words deemed "political"? I thought we were here to talk about politics. is there a list of words that we can't use?
There’s a list (simply because the filter had to be told about it); I don’t know what it is off-hand. It shouldn’t be here, really, but it’s absolutely on other “casual” boards (funny, news, meta, etc.). You’re not allowed to talk about political news in news, apparently.
That's extremely disturbing that the list exists but we don't get to see it posted anywhere and so we get auto modded in mysterious ways and never know for sure what's being allowed and what's not