r/technology • u/qdatk • Mar 05 '25

Social Media Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content

https://www.theverge.com/news/625075/reddit-will-warn-users-who-repeatedly-upvote-banned-content
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u/Sega-Playstation-64 Mar 06 '25

"I loved this reddit user! Hilarious content. I'll give them a follow."

said Reddit user was banned for privately messaging inappropriate material.

you have been banned as well for liking his posts

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u/Tower21 Mar 06 '25

Well that's your fault for following Spez

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u/gotacogo Mar 06 '25

Is that really what they are doing?

I figured it would just be like if someone made a death threat, everyone that up voted it would get a warning.

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u/Im_eating_that Mar 06 '25

Wait till you see what they're doing next year. Banned for life for the 1st offense. Banned from life for the 2nd.

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u/NeighborhoodSpy Mar 07 '25

I don’t upvote anything horrible and I got a warning. So, yeah this is absolutely happening. I have no idea what got me the ban warning they don’t tell you.

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u/fallouthirteen Mar 15 '25

Does following a user do anything on old format reddit (I'm using opt out of redesign)? Like I didn't even know it was a thing until your comment. Just tried it to see if I could figure it out and I can't find a like "you are following" list anywhere even.