Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:06 am

Originally postedA mod from /r/Bitcoin was nice enough to contact me via twitter and explain to me what they think happened.Supposedly it went something like this:1. Someone submitted the link to this article on /r/Bitcoin2. Almost instantly, someone else, who is not a reddit moderator, reported the submission as spam.3. Once it was reported as spam, no other users of /r/Bitcoin can even see the post at all. My friend verified for me that the post was not visible on reddit during this time when viewed from his IP address and reddit account. This has the effect of a shadow ban even if it wasn't initiated by a moderator.4. Several hours later, after the article was no longer on the front page of the "new" section, the post was approved by a moderator. By that time, no one will see the post, so it no longer has a chance to make it to the front page.5. During the interim, I submitted a link to this article , not hosted on Bitcoin.com. It was immediately viewable across /r/Bitcoin and immediately was voted to the top.6. Over the last few months, nearly ever time I have submitted a link to something on Bitcoin.com, something like this has happened. I don't know if there is an orchestrated effort to suppress links to Bitcoin.com material on /r/reddit, but it sure seems that way. As someone who is spending my own time and money promoting bitcoin, it is very frustrating to deal with things like this. Short of making Bitcoin.com the premier portal for Bitcoin related content, I'm not sure what can be done to stop this type of suppression. I would love to hear additional ideas, and have started another thread here to discuss it.