Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
531 by prhrb | 97 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, June 5, 2023
Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my subs to the protest
Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my subs to the protest
421 by goplayoutside | 168 comments on Hacker News.
As you may be aware, there is an upcoming protest[0] on June 12-14 where many subreddits[1] are going private for 48 hours in protest of reddit's API fee increase[2][3], which many expect will lead to the end of all third party apps. I moderate a few subreddits for a niche hobby, and decided to join the protest. We're fairly small, if non-negligible potatos: altogether, maybe 10k-15k active users on a busy day, but still want to show support. So, I commented to add the subs to the list[1] and made announcement posts based on the template[4] linked from r/modcoord. Several minutes later, the site logged me out. I received an email from reddit that said my account had been locked for "suspicious activity" and I would need to reset my password. The timing seemed curious, but as I was logged in over an Airbnb's wifi, I figured it could be legitimate. When I logged back in, I saw that all of the posts and comments I've made from this account had been deleted. The password reset requirement is understandable; the fact that the posts and comments were not restored, less so. Looks like it's finally time to encourage my community to move to another site. 0. https://ift.tt/xmu8qIE 1. https://ift.tt/TujehlE... 2. https://ift.tt/l6NaEBn... 3. https://ift.tt/qE8rCml... 4. https://ift.tt/BjG25Ig
421 by goplayoutside | 168 comments on Hacker News.
As you may be aware, there is an upcoming protest[0] on June 12-14 where many subreddits[1] are going private for 48 hours in protest of reddit's API fee increase[2][3], which many expect will lead to the end of all third party apps. I moderate a few subreddits for a niche hobby, and decided to join the protest. We're fairly small, if non-negligible potatos: altogether, maybe 10k-15k active users on a busy day, but still want to show support. So, I commented to add the subs to the list[1] and made announcement posts based on the template[4] linked from r/modcoord. Several minutes later, the site logged me out. I received an email from reddit that said my account had been locked for "suspicious activity" and I would need to reset my password. The timing seemed curious, but as I was logged in over an Airbnb's wifi, I figured it could be legitimate. When I logged back in, I saw that all of the posts and comments I've made from this account had been deleted. The password reset requirement is understandable; the fact that the posts and comments were not restored, less so. Looks like it's finally time to encourage my community to move to another site. 0. https://ift.tt/xmu8qIE 1. https://ift.tt/TujehlE... 2. https://ift.tt/l6NaEBn... 3. https://ift.tt/qE8rCml... 4. https://ift.tt/BjG25Ig
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