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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.

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[–] bonenode@piefed.social 26 points 6 hours ago (4 children)
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

Writing spam posts like "I'm really satisfied using this website, totallynotanad.com" or "try using Company XYZ, their service is really good"

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 16 points 4 hours ago

Hmmm, human posting? I like it.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Like you just did with your comment and OP did with their posting: non paid ad posting

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

A posting made by an organic life form, typically a human.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

On the internet no one knows youre a dog.

[–] ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

On the internet, no one knows you're made of cups