Once some administrator, for whatever biassed reason, decides to block a user, the user has an exceptionally hard time getting unblocked, if at all.
Who decides whether that user gets unblocked?
The exact same people that are the least likely to unblock (moderators / administrators), because they tend to be controlled by confirmation bias and authority bias. Not all of them, but many.
Even if the suspended user has logical and rational arguments , and presents those in a formal and sincere way (if he even can, and has not already been conpletely suppressed), moderators and administrators tend to be intrinsically reluctant to unblock.
They may not even review the request in first place. Also, instead of embracing constructive criticism, they silence it.
I am speaking from first-hand experience I made on Reddit and even Wikipedia, a supposedly sincere place.
The latter has an evidently abusive administrator called Bbb23 . It is impossible to communicate to him or ask him legitimate, formal questions without imminently risking being mouth-shut.
Once some administrator, for whatever biassed reason, decides to block a user, the user has an exceptionally hard time getting unblocked, if at all.
Who decides whether that user gets unblocked?
The exact same people that are **the least likely** to unblock (moderators / administrators), because they tend to be controlled by confirmation bias and authority bias. Not all of them, but many.
Even if the suspended user has **logical and rational arguments**, and presents those in a formal and sincere way (if he even can, and has not already been conpletely suppressed), moderators and administrators tend to be intrinsically reluctant to unblock.
They may not even **review the request in first place.** Also, instead of embracing constructive criticism, they silence it.
I am speaking from first-hand experience I made on Reddit and even Wikipedia, a supposedly sincere place.
The latter has an evidently abusive administrator called *Bbb23*. It is impossible to communicate to him or ask him legitimate, formal questions without imminently risking being mouth-shut.
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