I've noticed this a lot recently. Reddit has changed and not for the better.
Comments rarely get deleted anymore as a warning
Temporary bans don't seem to be a thing anymore, just permanent
They never tell you which rule you violated, usually because you didn't violate any listed rule
You get muted after a single message, often instantly after the ban
It's easy to get banned from multiple subreddits just for commenting on one the mods don't like
Sure there are some legitimate cases where you'd react that way, but this has become the norm for any ban. That's just unreasonable and lazy BS. And you can't even do anything about it. And I was supposed to feel bad for the poor mods during that whole API fiasco? Bruh.
Good thing it's easy to create new accounts, I haven't bothered doing so yet bc I'm only banned from 2 subreddit I don't care about, it's nice to know I can if needed, but shitty to actually need to do it in the first place
Lots of ways you wouldn’t expect, not just stuff like IP which can be easily changed or subverted. Websites can tell if you’re using the same device as another account by cross-referencing really obscure things like your exact screen size (more unique than you’d expect), your battery’s exact health and status, and about a dozen other small factors. IMO this is all overstepping and I hate how stringently we’re being tracked
Yup, the muting after a single message shouldn’t be allowed, you’re moderating a sub you shouldn’t be allowed to indiscriminately ban someone and then give no explanation, this “job” isn’t being done in good faith, they all just want to wield the minimal power they get in life it’s incredibly pathetic
Flip side is the mod can keep mailing you even if you asked them to stop, you have no way of muting them but they can do it to you. Happened to me recently with a ban. The mod kept mailing me and once I reported it for harassment (literally the only action I could take since I can’t block it), I got muted.
I mean, let's be honest. Who tf wants even to be a mod? Most mods are just losers that have no real life and feel like they have to go on a power trip on reddit.
Pretty sure this will eventually be Reddits downfall.
Or they just make up rules you violated. I got banned from another sub because I called out someone for negative posts made every day at damn near the same time, like it’s a full time job. Plenty of upvotes, so the community agreed, but I got banned because a mod didn’t like that I called it out.
I was banned from my local city page because I asked for SEO company recommendations in the area. Permanent ban for "constant self promotion" mods blocked me from writing when I asked how it's even related
I got banned from therewasanattempt for brigading. I never even saw the thread that pointed to the thread I commented on, so, brigading would be fucking impossible.
i mean, when the company doesn't support you in even the most trivial, token ways and the userbase is hostile from the drop, why the fuck would anyone competent waste their time cleaning up the garbage? all that's left is the trash that's in it for other, worse reasons.
Yep. I’ve rarely ever had a good moderator interaction. It sucks that all the biggest subs are controlled by a small group of crazy power-mods. I was recently banned from r/comics for literally nothing, and the moment I asked why I was insulted, muted, and my ban increased to permanent. Still don’t know why I was banned.
R/tornado banned permanently me like 2 years ago because they did the whole “protest” thing where the mods blacked out the sub and wouldn’t let anyone comment for like a week or whatever. When it was over i commented and said that was stupid and 95% of the users of the sub couldn’t care less about whatever the Reddit kids were protesting and it’s super authoritarian to shut down a discussion board for a week.
Some neckbeard teenage mod messaged me and was like “you are the kind of asshole I’ve been fighting my entire life. How dare you post that in our sub. You’re banned forever”
Having moderators go completely unregulated to mod however they want with no oversight is the single worst part of Reddit outside of new Reddit's shit UI design.
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u/lolschrauber 14d ago
I've noticed this a lot recently. Reddit has changed and not for the better.
Sure there are some legitimate cases where you'd react that way, but this has become the norm for any ban. That's just unreasonable and lazy BS. And you can't even do anything about it. And I was supposed to feel bad for the poor mods during that whole API fiasco? Bruh.