Reddits been building up its user base in India the past few years.[1]

I’m permabanned on Reddit so I only consume via the default not logged in feed and I run into some comments in what I assume is Hindi(might be marathi or one of the multiple other languages on the continent) or posts from subreddits explicitly about some aspect of india

[1] https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/inside-reddits...

How are permabanned? Can you just change the handle or create a new account?

I had a few alt accounts, they were all banned and I wasn’t able to make a new account with existing emails.

I assume, with no evidence, that they just used the same data tracking for ads, to enforce the ban. I think Meta turned on the real banning tech during a panic in Covid iirc

I noticed I was shadow banned on youtube (for comments). I have no idea what was the reason because I rarely comment and am very civil when I do. It doesn’t bother me much though, I was just curious how it happened.

I got a few strikes. They were in one of two main categories

1: my true beliefs 2: directly quoting the president

I laugh at any current supporters of this admin who complain about censorship while this is happening and we’re doing shit like having multiple media companies being sued by the king left and right.

Yes, I agree with you. It’s become quite ridiculous. I expect things will turn for the worse and comments would be used against people in various ways if it’s not already happening, eg. being scanned on social media upon entering the US. Dark times…

Could be using time links and/or commenting too much.

Their ban system is really hard to get around. They use a massive amount of different signals to try to detect anyone trying to get around a ban.

(Reddit has two forms of bans, shadowbans and permabans, both have essentially the same effect)