%%excerpt%% Reddit has commenced its assault on search engines, blocking those that don’t have a commercial relationship with the company, like Google.
  • Babalugats@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    They’re also blocking posts by users who aren’t banned or even got a warning. It appears to the user as though it’s been posted, but it hasn’t.

      • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        5 months ago

        They’ve done this for a long time. It’s supposedly only supposed to be used on bots but it definitely isn’t in practice

    • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      shadowbanning is a totally different issue that’s existed for a long time though.