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Discussion on: dev.to is shadow-banned on Reddit

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Ben Halpern

Actually yeah, we were pretty aware. We've had this happen in the past and we've gone through hoops to try to remedy it, only to have it happen again. We never find out, we don't know what the deal is. We get different answers every time.

The annoying part is that users submit their stuff to Reddit and they don't get upvotes. It really sucks. We should remove that from some of our instructions on where you might want to submit posts.

The reason we're not overly concerned:

  • Most of the community finds us from other sources, and this has never been overly impactful in the grand scheme of things
  • Not getting Reddit traffic can be seen as a positive. Not all Redditors are obnoxious trolls, but it is a large hangout spot for obnoxious trolls.

We'll look into this again.

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Christine Belzie

Not getting Reddit traffic can be seen as a positive. Not all Redditors are obnoxious trolls, but it is a large hangout spot for obnoxious trolls.

I agree @ben, and love the shade you threw in there lol πŸ˜†

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JavaScript Joel

Not all Redditors are obnoxious trolls, but it is a large hangout spot for obnoxious trolls.

This has been my experience and why I don't post articles on reddit anymore.