> The U.S. anti-vax group is quite vocal and quite large.
Yes, here [1] is an example of a pro-vax comment, made by a flaired user, removed from r/conservative. The user was probably not notified of the removal, and the comment appears to its author as if it was not removed. To me, that is very misleading. I consider such removals a form of misinformation; other users only see a version of the discussion that is wholly anti-vax. Also, since that comment received 400+ upvotes, you can imagine many of those voters might have left the same comment if they hadn't found that one to upvote.
When a moderator removes a highly upvoted comment, they're not just removing one author's point of view, they're removing the opinions of all the people who voted for it.
Great mirror to the comment one thread up selling /r/conservative as an example of most reasonable right-leaning people jsut discussing and getting unfairly hated by the rest of Reddit.
Upvoters cannot see removed comments. You can try it here [1] yourself to see the effect.
It's also possible for moderators to add a username to a subreddit's automod config to silently remove all their comments, and that would be a "shadow ban" from that subreddit.
Yes, here [1] is an example of a pro-vax comment, made by a flaired user, removed from r/conservative. The user was probably not notified of the removal, and the comment appears to its author as if it was not removed. To me, that is very misleading. I consider such removals a form of misinformation; other users only see a version of the discussion that is wholly anti-vax. Also, since that comment received 400+ upvotes, you can imagine many of those voters might have left the same comment if they hadn't found that one to upvote.
When a moderator removes a highly upvoted comment, they're not just removing one author's point of view, they're removing the opinions of all the people who voted for it.
[1] https://archive.is/yk9QQ