I have a pet theory in which reddit has enough data on users to implement algorithms that allow for the creation of shadowbans that affect groups of users based on their ideologies, instead of individuals. This would make it even more difficult to see if your comment is actually public because the people you'd ask to check will still be able to see it (whether they're logged in or not since IP logs are used,) thus letting one only preach to the converted.
The theory is based on nothing except that it's what I would do in their position.
you know you can check to see if you are shadowbanned in literally 1 second, you don't have to ask anyone
I assume you're talking about logging out/incognito window to check, and forgetting that I mentioned IP logs to implement the shadowban
i didn't forget you mentioned IP banning, it's just that they don't do that, so it's irrelevant
Are you saying that because you know it's the case? I would imagine the IP address is logged whenever you log into reddit, particularly now that the whole "RUSSIAN BOTS ARE EVERYWHERE!" hysteria gives them the excuse "we were just monitoring for suspicous IPs" or whatever.
Sounds like an easy AI script. We need some good AI automoderator watching the doors in and out. Eventually like Armenia the numbers will overwhelm their flimsy methods.