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[–] TheBrokenWorld 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

My first account was shadow banned because I was trying to counter the downvote brigading of my comments (or, sometimes, other people's unpopular opinions) with vote rigging. I was just fed up and didn't care what happened to my account anymore. The brigading usually happened in the automotive subreddits, where facts that show that American cars are anything less than the epitome of automotive engineering are not at all welcome. This would also happen in /r/energy, where any positive statements about green energy were not welcome. My second account was banned from /r/feminism, but I don't remember exactly what for. I had never posted to /r/feminism, I had only made a fairly benign remark about feminism in an unrelated subreddit. I've also had plenty of my comments deleted for whatever ridiculous reason.

Edit: I can't find my favorite example of the downvoting in the automotive subreddits (too old to show up in my history), but here's one. I got a little snippy, which is why I like the other example better. I didn't actually get snippy with the other comment, I was just reasonable and polite.