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What kinds of things from reddit would you like to see Lemmy avoid as the user base grows? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by gronapa@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.

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[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

It's not about making the user leave, because of they know they are banned they'll try to evade. Shadow banning gives the desired effect while not tipping off the user. So they post away, to nobody.