Reddit Admin suspended 100's if not 1000's of users because they voted on a thread PizzaGate-related, was it Spez? (pizzagate)

submitted ago by PizzaGateExpress

Here's my previous post about how many many users were suspended (at least 100's if not 1000's) for simply voting on a reddit post (that was PizzaGate-related): https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1473492

People who were suspended received one or two messages informing them that they are being suspended for 3 days early in the morning on Friday

Here's a reddit post about suspensions: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3sbrro/account_suspensions_a_transparent_alternative_to/

It says that only Admins can suspend users for breaking the rules (here's a list of all reddit admins)

I have a strong suspicion that this was spez, as he was exposed by r/The_Donald and r/PizzaGate.

Once the suspension is lifted I urge you to write to moderators or make posts addressing this (r/conspiracy or r/the_Donald maybe).

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Lunari ago

You should realize that the reason people were suspended is because Reddit has things implemented to detect "downvote / upvote manipulation" - meaning: if a large amount of people access a post by following a link posted elsewhere, and then that post suddenly has a huge influx of upvotes / downvotes - it flags the system of that. basically to prevent voting abuse.

the people suspended went to the post via the link posted here, and proceeded to downvote which flagged the system.

I'm not saying that there hasn't been a shit ton of censoring going on - there certainly is.

but this specific instance has a legitimate explanation.