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What the fuck is happening at Reddit? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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So, I have a main account, where I'm the asshole editor with lots of opinions, and then two others for things a bit more spicy.

Both of those have been suspended for "suspicious activity" roughly 30 hours apart. For, you know, posting what I usually do.

The thing is, one of these -- I'm in the eight-year club there -- is associated with an email address that was terminated for lack of use, so I can't reset my password as prescribed.

The other was suspended yesterday every single time I posted anything, resulting in multiple password resets. I've not posted anything there today, but ... hey, look, it's suspended again.

Is Reddit just making a hard turn toward banning adult content? r/help seems to have a few other people in my boat wondering what the fuck is going on, but I can't find any sources suggesting a shift in policy. And I can't post in r/help on my main ... the submit button does nothing.

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[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I asked for a recommendation for raw denim repair in my city subreddit. Removed and suspended. 15 year old account.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

Maybe "raw" is now a flagged word? Seriously, the fact that all manner of people are suddenly getting cut off is supremely suspicious.

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

Lmao, if ‘raw’ is a naughty ban worth word at Reddit…. Why even use that garbage.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 13 points 1 year ago

In my country, we call jeans "rifle" (pronounced /rɪ'flɛ/). No, really. People get suspended from Facebook Marketplace all the time.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, the classic Chevy Nova problem with translation.

[-] Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Whatwas the problem with translating Chevy Nova?

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago

Apocryphal.

Supposedly, "No va" means "no go", or "It doesn't run" in Spanish.

It's largely a myth. The Nova actually sold very well in Latin American countries.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, I've got one too, the way you pronounce SX7 as in the Suzuki model in Hungarian literally means "falls apart", "esik szét".

Also Tesco was selling cheap power tools for a while branded Kinzo, meaning "torturer" in Hungarian.

[-] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ford Kuga. The word kuga means plague in my language, and—according to Wikipedia—as a result the model has had lower sales in the region.

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Plus if this was accurate Portuguese speakers would get banned all the time. ("Nova" is "new", so a really common word.)

I do know what Powderhorn is talking about, but by a different name - the Scunthorpe problem.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I heard it from my middle school Spanish teacher, but per Wikipedia, you're correct

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