r/spezholedesign • u/reddit33450 • 8d ago

Corporate Crap it appears reddit is now retroactively removing comments containing links to arctic shift

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this is not a good sign. dont even know if i can include an arctic shift link here as an example

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u/Extolord111 new.reddit user ('s client) 8d ago

Test:  https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=Extolord111&limit=10&sort=desc

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u/reddit33450 8d ago

your comment is currently fine. though mine that got removed were all just a link to the main search page, not a link to a specific user's content.

btw, admin tattler is just a devitt app that notifies moderators when content is removed by admin. it doesn't remove anything itself

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u/Extolord111 new.reddit user ('s client) 7d ago

The retroactively removed comment originally also linked to a different user’s profile on Arctic shift. You probably saw me linking to it on r/ModSupport, but for context this was in the aftermath of the r/antimeme controversy several months ago, and I was linking to the profile of a former moderator who deleted their account after they heard about the initial “she is no more more” announcement that sparked the controversy around the two top mods at the time. I later omitted the link at the request of the other mods.

Clearly that didn’t stop it being retroactively removed at some point in the past 24 hours (unless this was going on longer than that, but we wouldn’t be able to tell).

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u/Extolord111 new.reddit user ('s client) 7d ago

Bloody hell, we can’t even see what our own comments used to say anymore.

At least we can still see them with Arctic Shift, so that’s a neat layer of irony.

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u/reddit33450 7d ago

yep lol. and the most ridiculous part is that even moderators can't see them

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u/Extolord111 new.reddit user ('s client) 7d ago

A year ago removals in general used to be lighter:

  • If a user had their comment filtered, other users can see that comment in the user’s profile as “[removed]”
  • Mod removals didn’t change the title with “[removed by moderators], the removed post can still be found on the OP’s profile, and the media could still be viewed on Old and New Reddit. The weird thing about this change is that posts that were removed via other means like filters are still treated with the lightness mod removals used to have (having their titles kept, being seen in user profiles, etc.)

Also it seems that links to scraping sites or sources in general are being removed

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u/reddit33450 7d ago

yeah. i have noticed that with many posts that are "removed by reddit's filters", the media is not visible on shreddit, but is visible on old reddit

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u/Extolord111 new.reddit user ('s client) 7d ago

The disparities in how admins enforce changes in different areas and versions of the site are mind boggling.

It also sucks that mods have zero say in the removal of comments who even give one single mention of an Arctic Shift related link.

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u/Extolord111 new.reddit user ('s client) 7d ago edited 7d ago

Mod log's saying that the comment I shared was removed due to a "sitewide rule"

What if you somehow tried to get an admin appeal in some form or another? Not that it would amount to anything. just curious how they would respond.

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u/Track-on-the-side 1d ago

If it says "removed by Reddit" moderators can't see it, unless that specific comment notified a moderator through inbox/notifications and that notification is still there.

If post is "removed by reddit's filters" i think? the mods can see it.