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No, I wouldn't call that sideloading. Maybe... Depends on exactly what you mean. Choking a stem by running your lanyard around it and clipping in to the standing part would be a classic example of side loading. The rope is connected to the biner at each each end, but the applied force is 90° to...

I wouldn't be comfortable falling into a sideloaded biner, especially if the rope was levering against the gate, for normal climbing, and since it's usually right in front of me to inspect the situation, I'm fine with sideloading biners for access.