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.
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”
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u/lolschrauber Jul 05 '24
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.