r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 24d ago

Social Media Reddit Is Restricting Luigi Mangione Discourse—but It’s Even Weirder Than That: The website is attacking the users that made it the front page of the internet.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250313203719/https://slate.com/technology/2025/03/reddit-elon-musk-luigi-mangione-censorship.html
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u/Saneless 24d ago

Yep. I happened to go to a post on a browser I wasn't signed in on, and like a minute after I posted something it said removed

But to me in my account, it was fine

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u/VaporCarpet 24d ago

Plenty of subreddits have automod rules that remove comments if users are too new or don't have enough karma, as a way to prevent spam.

They also do it if you don't verify your email. There are like five pop culture subs I can't comment on because I refuse to verify my email. I can comment, but they get immediately removed.

It's not always nefarious censorship.

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u/JWils411 24d ago

I totally understand not wanting to verify your email. There are sites where you can get a temporary email address that you can use to do the verification and never have to worry about it again.

If you search Google for "10 minute email address" you'll find those sites.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

The problem is its a dumb rule. Every single bot I've ever encountered has the verified email award. If the mods shadowban me from a subreddit because of it (and they have), so be it.