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CXPLAY | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It needs to be for good reason, it needs to be in a transparency report by the relay operator, otherwise it's a "shadow ban". The reason could be any number of things, CSAM? DMCA? Law enforcement requirements? "I don't like what you're saying" is clearly not a valid reason.
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Mike Dilger | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Understood.  I've never banned anybody and don't expect to, but I am writing moderation tools for chorus so I want to think through how chorus should deal with this. I'll make it require a reason and include the reason in the notice.
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4c648e19 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Does it matter if it's "shadow banning" when practically speaking you can't get banned from the network as a whole anyway?
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CXPLAY | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Imagine you've been banned from Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and Yahoo all at the same time. Your messages would still be available across the Email Network, but most (yes, that's right) email users would no longer be able to receive messages from you.