▲ 517 ▼ Mike Hardaker accuses Reddit of holding organic posting ‘hostage’ unless he buys ads, shares email screenshot (piunikaweb.com) submitted 8 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mike Hardaker, who has maintained a Reddit account for 20 years, has been shadow-banned on Reddit. He has posted an update on X, stating that Reddit requires an ad spend to restore organic posting. This demand was given to him in writing.
[+] bonenode@piefed.social 52 points 8 months ago (9 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 24 points 8 months ago* (1 child) REAL humans posting. anything that utilizes bots, AI isnt organic, but reddit often bans the real humans over AI posting. as you know reddit bans people if it looks for patterns thats repeating itself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (1 child) Writing spam posts like "I'm really satisfied using this website, totallynotanad.com" or "try using Company XYZ, their service is really good" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 8 months ago /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago Like you just did with your comment and OP did with their posting: non paid ad posting permalink fedilink source parent [–] socsa@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago Posting which doesn't use petroleum based fertilizer permalink fedilink source parent [–] hector@lemmy.today -3 points 8 months ago (2 children) It's a variation on a reddit as I understand it, an unusual sex move. Organic posting is where, well, you don't want to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] socsa@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) It's when you don't have sex because you are posting on reddit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago No I think it's when you sit in the cuck chair and beat off to the government raping someone while you pretend it's consensual. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 24 points 8 months ago* (1 child) REAL humans posting. anything that utilizes bots, AI isnt organic, but reddit often bans the real humans over AI posting. as you know reddit bans people if it looks for patterns thats repeating itself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (1 child) Writing spam posts like "I'm really satisfied using this website, totallynotanad.com" or "try using Company XYZ, their service is really good" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 8 months ago /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago Like you just did with your comment and OP did with their posting: non paid ad posting permalink fedilink source parent
[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago Posting which doesn't use petroleum based fertilizer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hector@lemmy.today -3 points 8 months ago (2 children) It's a variation on a reddit as I understand it, an unusual sex move. Organic posting is where, well, you don't want to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] socsa@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) It's when you don't have sex because you are posting on reddit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago No I think it's when you sit in the cuck chair and beat off to the government raping someone while you pretend it's consensual. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) It's when you don't have sex because you are posting on reddit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago No I think it's when you sit in the cuck chair and beat off to the government raping someone while you pretend it's consensual. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago No I think it's when you sit in the cuck chair and beat off to the government raping someone while you pretend it's consensual. permalink fedilink source parent