Reddit actively censoring TTIP discussion?

25  2015-05-10 by PhD_in_basket_waving

I just received the following message from /u/AutoModerator:

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It seems that a comment I posted on a discussion got caught as SPAM by the reddit rules. (not those of the subreddit) The intriguing part is that my comment didn't contain any of the characteristics that seem to usually warrant getting caught by the filter. None of those listed by AutoModerator at least.

I merely posted a short opinion on the TTIP. What's more, my comment was, I think, more insightful than the top comment...

My comment was hidden long enough to loose any visibility.

Am I right to feel frustrated by this to think that there might be some conspiracy on reddit's side to hinder TTIP discussion here or am I being a conspitard?

7 comments

3  TheMasterBane 2015-05-10

what was the comment?

3  PhD_in_basket_waving 2015-05-10

"The only way to fix TTIP is to make it about tariff barriers instead of the non tariff ones."

3  TheMasterBane 2015-05-10

probably they want to make suing goverments easier, so your comment might not be on the ro do list, i dont know, maybe someone with more knowledge might help you

3  TheBrit90 2015-05-10

TTIP is about allowing companies to sue governments when the government deems something bad. EG, in Australia the government was sued hundreds of millions of dollars because they outlawed smoking. Sued by the tobacco industry. There was a great video I saw on RT about this.

3  JamesColesPardon 2015-05-10

I got the same message in TrueReddit last night for this comment chain.

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1  TomSwirly 2015-05-10

I got shadow banned a year or two ago for no reason that was ever explained to me - and after complaining for months, I got reinstated, again without a reason.

Reddit definitely has bullshit in great, piled masses.

That said, as a programmer, when you get some complex explanation of an algorithmic thing like this, even if the explanation doesn't quite match the document, it's the program at fault - it's an oopsie by someone like me. Getting these things right 100% of the time on natural text is basically impossible.

If "they" were trying to fuck you up, they'd simply shadowban your posting and you wouldn't even know that no one was seeing it - or even just brigade downvoted it.

3  PhD_in_basket_waving 2015-05-10

"The only way to fix TTIP is to make it about tariff barriers instead of the non tariff ones."

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