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Shadowbans are different from permanent bans or suspensions the OP has gotten. You at least you know you are banned when you're permabanned/suspended. Reddit claimed at one large incident of outrage over shadowbans that shadowbans were only intended for bots and that no actual humans should ever be shadowbanned and that they would rectify it after messaging admin. My account randomly got shadowbanned a few months ago and I got crickets via support/admin. They really don't give a shit and it shows in the quality of the content and comments.


If your account gets shadow banned and you don't notice does it really matter? You are still getting something out or you wouldn't keep posting. Sometimes just posting to yourself is enough.

Say you do notice, you just start a new account for free. Bonus points for moving identities and breaking existing tracking history.

Getting banned can be a win/win




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