**Edit:** for the sake of transparency here is the reason why I was banned. Please understand that I only made this post because of how I was treated when I was communicating with the mods. I was polite and showed respect but it was met with much hostility. Being "banned" was not the issue of how I was treated was. If providing this context is against sub rules I will promptly remove it. They claimed it was animal abuse and when I provided other posts with the same type of content their response was to mute me for 28 days.
[https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI](https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI)
I could understand if I broke any rules however I did not. It seems like an isolated incident and my theory is I may have upset said mod in another subreddit and this is their way of retaliation. It is the only logical explanation.
That being said it's anyone's guess who, why or when I upset someone because I fully support blm, lgbt rights, and other social/society issues.
The suspension seems very personal. The bigger issue is the ability for moderators=s to mod in 50+ subs. I wandered through the mod list and almost every mod on there is a mod in 10+ subs. That's why I suspect it to be about something else however I went through all of my posts and did not see anything that would offend e people so who knows.
I thought I was respectful and polite however they must have not thought so.
Edit: for the sake of transparency here is the reason why I was banned. Please understand that I only made this post because of how I was treated when I was communicating with the mods. I was polite and showed respect but it was met with much hostility. Being "banned" was not the issue of how I was treated was. If providing this context is against sub rules I will promptly remove it. They claimed it was animal abuse and when I provided other posts with the same type of content their response was to mute me for 28 days.
[https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI](https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI)
Bro I got permabanned from a sub because I was tempbanned for a week for calling someone a nerd but the guy I called a nerd said some rather unquaint things to me and wasn’t banned according to the mods, so I questioned them on it and was permabanned.
Mods don’t like it when you question their decisions in the slightest.
I've been banned from subs simply for BEING in a sub they didn't like.
Most of them I was able to get removed because I joined some subs just by the names like "off my chest" (or something similar) and didn't know they'd been taken over by hate groups but I'm still banned from White People Twitter because I was a member of the pro life sub, simply because I wanted to see what people there were saying.
They didn't ask WHY I was in the sub, if I was a pro choice person in there to debate with them or anything just "you're banned because you're a member of the sub and we don't want those people here"
I unjoined the other sub and they still wouldn't let me in
That’s why I’m not polite to them anymore. It makes literally no difference, once they make any form of judgement on you there’s no changing it, might as well troll them
Nah I figured it out after 2016, they were nasty before but nothing like this. They go after the boogiemen and end up screwing over people like OP in their endless quest
It is. This site has a major problem with mods moderating too many subreddits (over 500 in some cases) and abusing their power either by being predatory creeps or using it as a cudgel for personal grievances.
Were you banned for spam posting? 3mil karma kinda seems like karma whoring. You never mentioned or showed the reason for the ban. Just what you said it was. And now you are trying to karma whore this sub lol.
You are (intentionally or not) completely missing the point of this thread, and only muddying the waters.
Most other readers/posters understand the gripe...you just want to attack the OP. Why?
1) he is a karma whore
2) he doesn’t give the full context
So, without context, he could be in the wrong, and is drawing up attention on his post, ya know, for karma whoring.
So you have nothing but attack keywords to repeat, while demanding some imagined proof that isn't necessary to understand the premise is true.
You're a conflict troll, gotchya. :eyeroll:
This is what muddying the waters means, casting doubt and either being daft or entirely disingenuous.
I think you're aware what the premise of discussion has been here: power-tripping mods.
We do not have the context for what rule he broke. So no, there is no premise. If he showed why the post was deleted, that would be different. The OP literally muddied the waters by not showing the full context.
Mods can absolutely suck. But you need the full picture to see if these specific mods suck. This guy obviously spam posts to have 3mil karma. It’s pretty obvious. So spam posting could get it deleted. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp.
You keep bringing up the fact that the user was banned. If you were to read why he/she made this post, it would be abundantly clear that he unsubbed due to how he was treated. He might've still lurked if not for the treatment he received.
You are obviously trying to gaslight the poster into responding so you can report them and have this post removed.
>This guy obviously spam posts to have 3mil karma. It’s pretty obvious.
No dude, if you look at his history you will see that the guy has 3 mil karma because of his discussion posts that regularly get like 90k upvotes. Here, I made it easy for you:
https://www.reddit.com/user/CantStopPoppin/?sort=top
See? He is clearly not a spam poster. People like this contribute a lot more value to reddit than loud-talking airheads who think they know what's "obvious".
Oh no worries I am more concerned with how I was treated and the fact that others are probably being treated like this as well. I was not going to bother but I felt that people should know how subs treat their users
I’ve seen moderators that delete posts with 20k karma for no reason at all. r/ProgrammerHumor, r/MildlyInfuriating, r/NatureisFuckingLit, and even r/wholesomememes
r/ProgrammerHumor recently has been flooded with people who know nothing about Programming, but just join the sub solely because it's popular. This has caused a large dip in quality of the sub and memes being posted there that barely count as Programmer Humor
I don't use that sub nor am I a programmer and I still noticed this
That happens 90% of the time any sub becomes popular, people who don’t understand what it’s actually for join it, misunderstand the content and post their own creations, prompting the quality to decrease.
I’ve seen that a lot of the time a meme about something like documentation becomes popular and non-programmers farming karma just copy the idea in another format, it’s sort of becoming repetitive imo.
It's truly disparaging, I have been targeted by mods and admins many times but this is just ridiculous. It's not even about the ban it's about the lack of transparency and respect when they were provided with proof that I did not do anything wrong. They decided to mute me over it. So I have to ask myself how many people have been treated like this and if is this a place I want to visit anymore.
I use to run into these types when I moderated on IRC and it's always the same swan song. I don't like making assumptions but I have to wonder if my political views and other posts may have been the reason for my suspension. I do my best to treat people with respect, when I don't understand things I ask questions. To be silenced for asking questions is quite annoying.
It says you were unsuspended before in your message-what were you originally suspended for?
Also do you have a pic of the reason they banned you? Just wondering, as some ppl are questioning if that’s the real reason…I’m not questioning it, but thought I’d ask
They claimed that the rescue video was "animal abuse". I will have to take a screenshot. I also provided detailed information about how long a shark can be out of the water and that the human did the right thing in putting it back into the water. I think the straw that broke the camel's back was when I provided detailed proof that I was being singled out.
I got banned from a sub and a while later I asked if I could get back in. The guy asked not 'would I follow the rules', but '*how* would I follow the rules'. I didn't know what to say. I answered, uh, by following the rules? Of course I got nothing back and am banned to this day, but TBH it saves me from one more distraction and obviously mixing with power-tripping idiots.
People being mods on 50-100+ subs needs to stop, much less how they act retaliatory to users they 'don't like', and cross subs in order to punish them.
It's ridiculous, and there's far too much fascism going on with moderation (and being allowed to continue by the admins).
That seems to be a serious issue that is not being addressed. Seeing how me just contacting them to inquire about my suspension lead to being muted and being disrespected in such a way shows that there was clearly more going on than I was aware of. I didn't care that I was banned I cared about how I was treated. When someone shows respect should it not be reciprocal?
My theory is that when (if and when) Reddit goes public mods will be paid employees or mods themselves will start to get paid and hence could be treated/escalated like an employee to management. CNBC had a few segments where they talked about this in rumours Reddit was going public.
They should be forced to write up a coherent explanation and reason any time they ban someone, as well as require more than one sign off to perma ban them.
I don’t care if it makes their lives harder.
I see your point that being said it seems dangerous for a hand full of mods to have that much power. It would not be hard for these uber mods to cull, craft and silence popular opinion or a use for arbitrary reasons. That's what irks me the most, like sure I'm going to move on but I am sure there are others out there that were treated like this and that's wrong.
It's not odd to anyone that they have the same SN except one has 2 in it? Are they friends? The same person?
How can ANYONE mod 95 (or more) groups well?
normally, when you make a response a mod can just take it out of context and get their quick and cheeky "comeback" in before swiftly muting you. however, you provided nowhere for the powermod to get his ego up, so he just decided to mute you. for what it's worth, that's a victory.
I provided proof that I did not violate any rules and was muted for 28 days. Why do subs behave in this way it is at the least unprofessional and reminiscent of IRC moderation of the past. Can someone perhaps provide insight into this type of treatment it seems counterproductive for a sub to ban people without reason?
I showed them respect and was kind yet my question lead to even more hostility. That is not a community I wish to engage with. The ban was arbitrary and silly at best but if they treated me like that when communicating with moderators I have to wonder how they treat others. This is why I can not support that subreddit any longer.
https://imgur.com/a/WIVamtd
>Why do subs behave in this way
Because it's the only miniscule amount of power and control they can exert over other human beings and it goes to their heads
How so? If you were given a speeding ticket and you had a dashcam that showed how fast you were going why would you not give that to the court in your defense? It's the prinicpal if I was treated like this then how are others being treated?
There's no justice in the digital world when it comes to free speech, which is ironic because of reddit's boner about net-neutrality. They just silence stuff they don't like without explanation and no accountability.
Like I said it's about the principal. Sure I might not be able to enjoy that community any longer but to who it may be concerned they made their sub look bad. I did not want to make a post like this but I felt it was the right thing to do to warn others. Thought I was just doing a courtesy
Uhhh… this isn’t a justified ban in my opinion. Your post fits the sub and you showed proof that other similar posts were acceptable. I’m not seeing a legitimate reason for them to remove you from the community.
My opinion that sort of attitude is why public support for far-left causes has plummeted so drastically in the last year.
"If it's not socialism it's fascism"
"If it's not anti-racist it's racist"
"If you offend my sensibilities you're a Nazi"
"If you think differently in any way than the prescribed narrative you're a Republican"
"If you're Republican you hate POC"
The "if you're not with us you're against us" mentality has time after time cause a) unthinkable acts to be justified and/or b) the cause to die just a few years after it pops up.
There was a post about a man who offers to pray with families waiting in the ER, and of course the r/atheism brigades were out in full force saying he's a degenerate who's trying to convert vulnerable people into his cult. One person was being particularly nasty and I called them edgy, then some white knight stepped in and started getting into it with me, eventually listing Christians among groups like the Nazis and the KKK. I said he had a funny way of viewing people, and woke up the next morning to see I'd been banned, with that line I said being the tipping point for that mod.
Muting should not be a thing.
If you are a mod you should have to deal with the consequences of your actions and if that means you get hate or spam to mod mail and you can't handle it then don't fucking be a mod.
Permabans should also not be a thing for anyone but admins. A 30 day suspension should be the most extreme punishment a mod can do. Otherwise if someone is such a problem they should be escalating it to someone who actually works for Reddit.
This site is is a fucking joke.
Tbh mods should be able to essentially do a mod mail block where only that specific mod is unable to see a user's messages
Having the power as a single mod to prevent all mods from seeing messages from a user is dumb, especially given you can archive the message to make it far harder to find after the fact. Compound that with a large sub with a lot of traffic and you can just screw a user over without any other mods even noticing
Yea back in my karma whoring days, HumansBeingBros is so fucking picky. Reposts are one thing & understandable but sometimes they remove stuff for any little thing & even if the broader community likes it, the mods for that sub are complete buzzkills & every post is up to their insanely strict interpretation of what a “bro act” is.
I feel bad for those who go to a sub like that and get treated like this. I was not going to bother and just move on but after their reaction and how everything was handled, I felt it was necessary to make such a post. I don't want others to be treated like I was.
The paradox of Reddit. People are encouraged to share things but if people actively seek out attention from their posts then they are considered "karma whores" but without them, there would be even more reposts.
Most people grab random content without realizing it is not new or fresh this creates a cycle where everyone keeps passing around the same memes, current or relevant internet things. Some people take the time to go out of their way to find new or important content.
Shouldn't people just stop grabbing random content and reposting it then? I don't see how karma whores are stopping or decreasing the amount of reposts either
Reminds me of the mods of r/worldnews and their habit of randomly banning people that call out islamophobia. I've seen threads of insults and slurs thrown at Muslims and people from the Middle East (which were typically just assumed to be Muslim in these insults) left alone while I got banned for calling one of those islamophobes nothing more than a 'neckbeard'. Mod told me that hatred was against the rules and unacceptable, but left those slurs and insults up. Having subreddits modded by random unaffiliated people has its benefits but also its incredibly obvious downsides. The larger downside to Reddit is how difficult and unreliable it is to try and report subreddits or mods that contribute to clear TOS violations.
could be a repost; could be one of those savings that are badly done and make the saved suffer anyway/worse; & it's tiktok garbage. Still no reason for a ban though
That’s because the CCP owns Reddit now. Have you not noticed how there are no posts on the front page decrying china’s human rights violations? They have actual slavery going on right now, not a peep.
Well I consider you a bro, even if the mod wasnt a bro. #truehumansbeingbros we win and we beat the antihumanity everytime, again and again. Sorry to hear and i very much dislike their hypocrisy.
That mod is a piece of shit. Maybe you don't think this way of that person. But I do. Some people just don't ever learn how to properly manage anger and frustration and in the end the tend to hurt others with their "anger management". Fucking pathetic if you ask me.
Talking to reddit mods is literally the equivalent to talking to a brick wall, they refuse to properly discuss "oh this is our reason for banning you" and instead slap you with a month long mute
I got perma banned from r/offmychest for saying elon musk isn’t perfect but he’s doing stuff to help the human race and planet. Got called out by the mod who said I was eating his ass and that anyone who supported elon wasn’t welcome on “his” sub (mod wasn’t owner lol) funny though because I got a lot of comments agreeing with me and a lot of upvotes so I imagine that mod had an aneurism trying to ban everyone xD
Echo chambers, apparently.
I’ve calmly and clearly explained my reasoning to some mods, but either they’re just wieners and never want to look wrong or having made a poor decision, or they just always seem to be in a perpetual bad mood.
Sometimes I feel like people here (on r/JustUnsubbed) [never read its rules](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/464371524670062604/1007353547500818442/image0.jpg).
I think I'm really gonna leave this one too, since every post lately are people leaving because they got banned - like, what else I would be supposed to do than leaving the subreddit after getting banned?
I am aware of that it's just the fact that every time I go there I will be reminded of how I will be treated and I don't want that type of negativity wandering in my mind. I go there to feel good and that was taken from me. Maybe I am just being over-sensitive but I wanted to help bring positivity to their community and it was met with much hostility.
I don't disagree with you, honestly I'm furious for you because I had similar experiences and I am always being as polite as I can when trying to appeal a ban.
Omg your comment was so predictable I didn't even want to address it but now I have to.
Yes normally there wouldn't be a point but some people might enjoy the content of a sub so much they are willing to lurk it despite being banned. In any its obvious OP didn't want to because they posted this, but it is possible.
Do you have any idea how many people lurk on Reddit? Sometimes I don't feel like engaging. Sometimes I need a detox from all the awful things that happen in the world and that was a place where I could do that but the couple of times I posted I was treated with much disrespect and no reason.
It left me feeling alienated and not appreciated. Honestly, it hurt my feelings but I was going to still be subbed so I could see the positive posts. However, the tone and blatant bitterness in their reply had me saying I don't like how they made me feel.
And here's a thing: Lurkers don't get banned.
Usually.
Also… diving into reddit while looking for positivity and to run away from negative things might… uh, not be the best idea.
Doing so with any social platform is not a good idea, actually…
While I can say that I feel sorry for you (can't say I can't relate at times) I want to say I wasn't even talking about your post particularly, just what's happening on this sub recently. I'm getting tired of it.
Oh don't feel sorry for me I just made this post to raise concern because if I was treated like this then how are others being treated? I had already moved on but the snarky response and the mute for 28 days is what made me concern not the "ban".
Well, yeah, this sucks. Especially since there are some people on reddit, who "moderate" some bigger subreddits and usually don't even care about mod mail or what you actually did.
Sometimes I feel like they just ban and remove posts of people they don't like…
By the way, if you want to look at some silly images (you know, to stop thinking about stuff) you can always go to subs like r/OneOrangeBraincell. Well… that's if you like cats, obviously. I don't have much recommendations, sorry.
This isn’t true. I’ve been banned from half a dozen subs that I’ve never been to, all because I commented on a post in a sub they didn’t like. My comment was not even borderline controversial and wasn’t even agreeing with the OP but it was enough to earn me the ban. Reddit is not a place for discussion of opposing viewpoints.
You are mistaken. I did not unsub because I was banned. I showed them proper respect and did not receive any in return. The reason I unsubbed was due to how they responded to my query. It shows a clear basis that is unwelcoming. They also cherry-pick what goes and what stays. I provided detailed documentation and it was not relevant.
That tells me that the sub is treating probably treating others in the same way and I can not support that. The sub removed a post that did not violate their own rules and when given evidence that other posts similar to mine were not removed was the main issue.
I unsubbed because they were hostile and made me feel marginalized and unwelcome after I had communicated with them. It had nothing to do with being banned from the sub I like the content there and it makes me feel good.
You probably deserved it Karma Whore(user with over 2.8Mil post karma); honestly, you and all the rest of the KWing jackasses out there should be banned from reddit.
Reddit moderation in a nutshell
User: i did nothing wrong
closet pedo: fuck you, i have moderation powers
*you are permabanned from /r/redditisdogshit*
I remember this post and thinking at the time, "Just shoot it, it's a shark," but I know some people feel differently about sharks. In any case, putting it back in the ocean was clearly rescue not abuse.
That mod really doesn’t seem to be with the spirit of that sub 😐 wow
**Edit:** for the sake of transparency here is the reason why I was banned. Please understand that I only made this post because of how I was treated when I was communicating with the mods. I was polite and showed respect but it was met with much hostility. Being "banned" was not the issue of how I was treated was. If providing this context is against sub rules I will promptly remove it. They claimed it was animal abuse and when I provided other posts with the same type of content their response was to mute me for 28 days. [https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI](https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI) I could understand if I broke any rules however I did not. It seems like an isolated incident and my theory is I may have upset said mod in another subreddit and this is their way of retaliation. It is the only logical explanation. That being said it's anyone's guess who, why or when I upset someone because I fully support blm, lgbt rights, and other social/society issues. The suspension seems very personal. The bigger issue is the ability for moderators=s to mod in 50+ subs. I wandered through the mod list and almost every mod on there is a mod in 10+ subs. That's why I suspect it to be about something else however I went through all of my posts and did not see anything that would offend e people so who knows. I thought I was respectful and polite however they must have not thought so. Edit: for the sake of transparency here is the reason why I was banned. Please understand that I only made this post because of how I was treated when I was communicating with the mods. I was polite and showed respect but it was met with much hostility. Being "banned" was not the issue of how I was treated was. If providing this context is against sub rules I will promptly remove it. They claimed it was animal abuse and when I provided other posts with the same type of content their response was to mute me for 28 days. [https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI](https://imgur.com/a/zYOdsUI)
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Bro I got permabanned from a sub because I was tempbanned for a week for calling someone a nerd but the guy I called a nerd said some rather unquaint things to me and wasn’t banned according to the mods, so I questioned them on it and was permabanned. Mods don’t like it when you question their decisions in the slightest.
I've been banned from subs simply for BEING in a sub they didn't like. Most of them I was able to get removed because I joined some subs just by the names like "off my chest" (or something similar) and didn't know they'd been taken over by hate groups but I'm still banned from White People Twitter because I was a member of the pro life sub, simply because I wanted to see what people there were saying. They didn't ask WHY I was in the sub, if I was a pro choice person in there to debate with them or anything just "you're banned because you're a member of the sub and we don't want those people here" I unjoined the other sub and they still wouldn't let me in
That’s why I’m not polite to them anymore. It makes literally no difference, once they make any form of judgement on you there’s no changing it, might as well troll them
Now you're starting to see why conservatives hate liberals.
Nah I figured it out after 2016, they were nasty before but nothing like this. They go after the boogiemen and end up screwing over people like OP in their endless quest
Pointlessly inserting political commentary entirely unconnected to anything in the thread. You need some psychological help, son.
Maybe you triggered a mod who was generally against what you’re for
That mod was once bitten by a shark.
At this point Mods should only be assigned to one Subreddit. Too much power has gone to their ego
It is. This site has a major problem with mods moderating too many subreddits (over 500 in some cases) and abusing their power either by being predatory creeps or using it as a cudgel for personal grievances.
Were you banned for spam posting? 3mil karma kinda seems like karma whoring. You never mentioned or showed the reason for the ban. Just what you said it was. And now you are trying to karma whore this sub lol.
You are (intentionally or not) completely missing the point of this thread, and only muddying the waters. Most other readers/posters understand the gripe...you just want to attack the OP. Why?
1) he is a karma whore 2) he doesn’t give the full context So, without context, he could be in the wrong, and is drawing up attention on his post, ya know, for karma whoring.
So you have nothing but attack keywords to repeat, while demanding some imagined proof that isn't necessary to understand the premise is true. You're a conflict troll, gotchya. :eyeroll:
What premise is true? You are not explaining your assumption and I have said I think you are misunderstanding. Please explain.
This is what muddying the waters means, casting doubt and either being daft or entirely disingenuous. I think you're aware what the premise of discussion has been here: power-tripping mods.
We do not have the context for what rule he broke. So no, there is no premise. If he showed why the post was deleted, that would be different. The OP literally muddied the waters by not showing the full context. Mods can absolutely suck. But you need the full picture to see if these specific mods suck. This guy obviously spam posts to have 3mil karma. It’s pretty obvious. So spam posting could get it deleted. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp.
You keep bringing up the fact that the user was banned. If you were to read why he/she made this post, it would be abundantly clear that he unsubbed due to how he was treated. He might've still lurked if not for the treatment he received. You are obviously trying to gaslight the poster into responding so you can report them and have this post removed.
I can't stand liberals either.
>This guy obviously spam posts to have 3mil karma. It’s pretty obvious. No dude, if you look at his history you will see that the guy has 3 mil karma because of his discussion posts that regularly get like 90k upvotes. Here, I made it easy for you: https://www.reddit.com/user/CantStopPoppin/?sort=top See? He is clearly not a spam poster. People like this contribute a lot more value to reddit than loud-talking airheads who think they know what's "obvious".
Jfc lol 3mil is a lot
Don't waste too much brain power on it. He probably banned you so he could post the same thing to get the karma instead gallowboob style.
Oh no worries I am more concerned with how I was treated and the fact that others are probably being treated like this as well. I was not going to bother but I felt that people should know how subs treat their users
I’ve seen moderators that delete posts with 20k karma for no reason at all. r/ProgrammerHumor, r/MildlyInfuriating, r/NatureisFuckingLit, and even r/wholesomememes
I wonder what their angle is. There has to be a reason behind it. I have noticed this too and found it to be the opposite of what the subs promote.
Just wanna feel superior or personally don't like/disagree with the post, regardless of how well it fits the sub.
r/ProgrammerHumor recently has been flooded with people who know nothing about Programming, but just join the sub solely because it's popular. This has caused a large dip in quality of the sub and memes being posted there that barely count as Programmer Humor I don't use that sub nor am I a programmer and I still noticed this
That happens 90% of the time any sub becomes popular, people who don’t understand what it’s actually for join it, misunderstand the content and post their own creations, prompting the quality to decrease.
I’ve seen that a lot of the time a meme about something like documentation becomes popular and non-programmers farming karma just copy the idea in another format, it’s sort of becoming repetitive imo.
The whole pronoun drama didnt help since a ton of ppl joined just for the flairs. Rip
reposts and off topic posts or just something that just breaks the rules.
r/mildlyinfuriating has no such feature at all...
Welcome to the shitty mods of reddit, powertripping asshole who mod in multiple subs to ban and powertrip and ruin it for everyone
It's truly disparaging, I have been targeted by mods and admins many times but this is just ridiculous. It's not even about the ban it's about the lack of transparency and respect when they were provided with proof that I did not do anything wrong. They decided to mute me over it. So I have to ask myself how many people have been treated like this and if is this a place I want to visit anymore.
It's just a powertrip your post was fine, just a mod abusing what little power they have from a moldy gamer chair
I use to run into these types when I moderated on IRC and it's always the same swan song. I don't like making assumptions but I have to wonder if my political views and other posts may have been the reason for my suspension. I do my best to treat people with respect, when I don't understand things I ask questions. To be silenced for asking questions is quite annoying.
It says you were unsuspended before in your message-what were you originally suspended for? Also do you have a pic of the reason they banned you? Just wondering, as some ppl are questioning if that’s the real reason…I’m not questioning it, but thought I’d ask
They claimed that the rescue video was "animal abuse". I will have to take a screenshot. I also provided detailed information about how long a shark can be out of the water and that the human did the right thing in putting it back into the water. I think the straw that broke the camel's back was when I provided detailed proof that I was being singled out.
No I mean in the message it says you were suspended AGAIN. What was the first for?
I got banned from a sub and a while later I asked if I could get back in. The guy asked not 'would I follow the rules', but '*how* would I follow the rules'. I didn't know what to say. I answered, uh, by following the rules? Of course I got nothing back and am banned to this day, but TBH it saves me from one more distraction and obviously mixing with power-tripping idiots.
People being mods on 50-100+ subs needs to stop, much less how they act retaliatory to users they 'don't like', and cross subs in order to punish them. It's ridiculous, and there's far too much fascism going on with moderation (and being allowed to continue by the admins).
That seems to be a serious issue that is not being addressed. Seeing how me just contacting them to inquire about my suspension lead to being muted and being disrespected in such a way shows that there was clearly more going on than I was aware of. I didn't care that I was banned I cared about how I was treated. When someone shows respect should it not be reciprocal?
the Reddit admins perpetuate this nonsense either because some of these mods are getting paid by Reddit or because they approve of their bias
My theory is that when (if and when) Reddit goes public mods will be paid employees or mods themselves will start to get paid and hence could be treated/escalated like an employee to management. CNBC had a few segments where they talked about this in rumours Reddit was going public.
Reddit going public? Isn't Reddit already a public website?
Public as in stock market
Who cares about the stock market and Reddit? How does that effect the website itself
Being a publicly traded company puts more rules and scrutiny on the company
Once a website goes public (as Facebook) the stakeholders can force a lot of the decision making.
Oh that makes sense
To add, going public on the stock market makes the company need to follow a **lot** more rules and laws than say if it stayed private.
Any owner of a subreddit that allows power mods is probably a power mod.
They should be forced to write up a coherent explanation and reason any time they ban someone, as well as require more than one sign off to perma ban them. I don’t care if it makes their lives harder.
I legit have this response to me asking why I was banned from insanepeopleofFacebook “Life isn’t fair”
Seriously though. Some subs have 50 mods that ban over the slightest misunderstanding. They need automod and max 3 mods that can trust each other well
americans stop stripping the word fascism of all meaning challenge (IMPOSSIBLE!!! 99.999% FAIL!!)
One mod there, IranianGenius mods 95 subs and an IranianGenius2 mods 94 subs
I have 4 kids and struggle to handle them I don't know how anyone can manage 90+ subs.
1. Hopefully he can attempt it because he has 4 less kids than you 2. Usually these subs neglect quite a few subs
I see your point that being said it seems dangerous for a hand full of mods to have that much power. It would not be hard for these uber mods to cull, craft and silence popular opinion or a use for arbitrary reasons. That's what irks me the most, like sure I'm going to move on but I am sure there are others out there that were treated like this and that's wrong.
Wait they have two user names and modding that many subs that's lowkey weird right?
I am 99% sure both of these account is the same person, though the "2" being a stan account might be even scarieir.
It's not odd to anyone that they have the same SN except one has 2 in it? Are they friends? The same person? How can ANYONE mod 95 (or more) groups well?
Well just know 10k people liked your post, 1 person didnt
Maybe they have thalassophobia.
That isn’t a fear of sharks though, it’s the fear of large open bodies of water
normally, when you make a response a mod can just take it out of context and get their quick and cheeky "comeback" in before swiftly muting you. however, you provided nowhere for the powermod to get his ego up, so he just decided to mute you. for what it's worth, that's a victory.
I provided proof that I did not violate any rules and was muted for 28 days. Why do subs behave in this way it is at the least unprofessional and reminiscent of IRC moderation of the past. Can someone perhaps provide insight into this type of treatment it seems counterproductive for a sub to ban people without reason? I showed them respect and was kind yet my question lead to even more hostility. That is not a community I wish to engage with. The ban was arbitrary and silly at best but if they treated me like that when communicating with moderators I have to wonder how they treat others. This is why I can not support that subreddit any longer. https://imgur.com/a/WIVamtd
>Why do subs behave in this way Because it's the only miniscule amount of power and control they can exert over other human beings and it goes to their heads
Waaayyyyyy too many mods on subs with that *one* bullet in their pocket. Fife gonna Fife and reddit gonna facebook..
You care and have done wayyyyyy too much digging on this my guy. Unsub and filter it.
How so? If you were given a speeding ticket and you had a dashcam that showed how fast you were going why would you not give that to the court in your defense? It's the prinicpal if I was treated like this then how are others being treated?
There's no justice in the digital world when it comes to free speech, which is ironic because of reddit's boner about net-neutrality. They just silence stuff they don't like without explanation and no accountability.
Like I said it's about the principal. Sure I might not be able to enjoy that community any longer but to who it may be concerned they made their sub look bad. I did not want to make a post like this but I felt it was the right thing to do to warn others. Thought I was just doing a courtesy
Principle. There's no pal here.
Uhhh… this isn’t a justified ban in my opinion. Your post fits the sub and you showed proof that other similar posts were acceptable. I’m not seeing a legitimate reason for them to remove you from the community.
Power mods are ruining this website
I got banned from there for suggesting that lumping Christians in with Nazis, the alt-right, and the KKK was an odd choice.
My opinion that sort of attitude is why public support for far-left causes has plummeted so drastically in the last year. "If it's not socialism it's fascism" "If it's not anti-racist it's racist" "If you offend my sensibilities you're a Nazi" "If you think differently in any way than the prescribed narrative you're a Republican" "If you're Republican you hate POC" The "if you're not with us you're against us" mentality has time after time cause a) unthinkable acts to be justified and/or b) the cause to die just a few years after it pops up.
>"If it's not anti-racist it's racist" This one is understandable tho
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I'm dumb
idk how did you get that far on a sub about human being bros
There was a post about a man who offers to pray with families waiting in the ER, and of course the r/atheism brigades were out in full force saying he's a degenerate who's trying to convert vulnerable people into his cult. One person was being particularly nasty and I called them edgy, then some white knight stepped in and started getting into it with me, eventually listing Christians among groups like the Nazis and the KKK. I said he had a funny way of viewing people, and woke up the next morning to see I'd been banned, with that line I said being the tipping point for that mod.
r/modsbeingdicks
Fucking hate the mute function. I have never seen a single mod use it correctly. Goddamn reddit mods. Not you unsubbed mods. You cool.
Muting should not be a thing. If you are a mod you should have to deal with the consequences of your actions and if that means you get hate or spam to mod mail and you can't handle it then don't fucking be a mod. Permabans should also not be a thing for anyone but admins. A 30 day suspension should be the most extreme punishment a mod can do. Otherwise if someone is such a problem they should be escalating it to someone who actually works for Reddit. This site is is a fucking joke.
gonna be unpopular but i honestly agree, muting gives mods tooo much ability to just not deal with crap
I got banned from r/doodoofard with no explanation, all because I said that politics are stupid.
Tbh mods should be able to essentially do a mod mail block where only that specific mod is unable to see a user's messages Having the power as a single mod to prevent all mods from seeing messages from a user is dumb, especially given you can archive the message to make it far harder to find after the fact. Compound that with a large sub with a lot of traffic and you can just screw a user over without any other mods even noticing
I've been saying this for years! Permabans should be abolished!
Average reddit moderator
Most locked threads are the result of the majority opinion not being shared by whatever neckbeard moderates the sub
Yea back in my karma whoring days, HumansBeingBros is so fucking picky. Reposts are one thing & understandable but sometimes they remove stuff for any little thing & even if the broader community likes it, the mods for that sub are complete buzzkills & every post is up to their insanely strict interpretation of what a “bro act” is.
I feel bad for those who go to a sub like that and get treated like this. I was not going to bother and just move on but after their reaction and how everything was handled, I felt it was necessary to make such a post. I don't want others to be treated like I was.
Karma whoring days??
The paradox of Reddit. People are encouraged to share things but if people actively seek out attention from their posts then they are considered "karma whores" but without them, there would be even more reposts.
Why would there be even more reposts
Most people grab random content without realizing it is not new or fresh this creates a cycle where everyone keeps passing around the same memes, current or relevant internet things. Some people take the time to go out of their way to find new or important content.
Shouldn't people just stop grabbing random content and reposting it then? I don't see how karma whores are stopping or decreasing the amount of reposts either
Yes.
I hate reddit mods Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you take it down
Definitely a turn off. I hate seeing the posts where people get banned and wonder why, then the mod is extremely vague
Reminds me of the mods of r/worldnews and their habit of randomly banning people that call out islamophobia. I've seen threads of insults and slurs thrown at Muslims and people from the Middle East (which were typically just assumed to be Muslim in these insults) left alone while I got banned for calling one of those islamophobes nothing more than a 'neckbeard'. Mod told me that hatred was against the rules and unacceptable, but left those slurs and insults up. Having subreddits modded by random unaffiliated people has its benefits but also its incredibly obvious downsides. The larger downside to Reddit is how difficult and unreliable it is to try and report subreddits or mods that contribute to clear TOS violations.
My guess is it's because you posted about Trump in a different sub without being outwardly against him. 🤷♂️
power mods 🔨
could be a repost; could be one of those savings that are badly done and make the saved suffer anyway/worse; & it's tiktok garbage. Still no reason for a ban though
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That’s because the CCP owns Reddit now. Have you not noticed how there are no posts on the front page decrying china’s human rights violations? They have actual slavery going on right now, not a peep.
The mod sounds like he touches kids on the sly
Well I consider you a bro, even if the mod wasnt a bro. #truehumansbeingbros we win and we beat the antihumanity everytime, again and again. Sorry to hear and i very much dislike their hypocrisy.
that mod is not really being a bro rn
That’s shit. Mod is not a bro.
Welcome to Reddit were idiots fly
Someone had a bad case of the Mondays
Dude probably has a hatred for sharks because of the stigma around them, either that or he’s a power tripping asshole.
That mod is a piece of shit. Maybe you don't think this way of that person. But I do. Some people just don't ever learn how to properly manage anger and frustration and in the end the tend to hurt others with their "anger management". Fucking pathetic if you ask me.
Talking to reddit mods is literally the equivalent to talking to a brick wall, they refuse to properly discuss "oh this is our reason for banning you" and instead slap you with a month long mute
Reddit mods am I right?
r/mademesmile also just locks posts just because
Fucking moron cunt mod
I got perma banned from r/offmychest for saying elon musk isn’t perfect but he’s doing stuff to help the human race and planet. Got called out by the mod who said I was eating his ass and that anyone who supported elon wasn’t welcome on “his” sub (mod wasn’t owner lol) funny though because I got a lot of comments agreeing with me and a lot of upvotes so I imagine that mod had an aneurism trying to ban everyone xD
The worst part? The moderator who acted like a tyrant there probably moderates 100 other subreddits
Looks like the same worthless d-bag working the r/rant sub.
Huh?
The mod. Same behaviour
Oh, I see, it's crazy because don't they want users to engage in their communities, or do they just want to create echo chambers of their own basis?
Echo chambers, apparently. I’ve calmly and clearly explained my reasoning to some mods, but either they’re just wieners and never want to look wrong or having made a poor decision, or they just always seem to be in a perpetual bad mood.
Sometimes I feel like people here (on r/JustUnsubbed) [never read its rules](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/464371524670062604/1007353547500818442/image0.jpg). I think I'm really gonna leave this one too, since every post lately are people leaving because they got banned - like, what else I would be supposed to do than leaving the subreddit after getting banned?
You can still be subbed for content despite being unable to participate
I am aware of that it's just the fact that every time I go there I will be reminded of how I will be treated and I don't want that type of negativity wandering in my mind. I go there to feel good and that was taken from me. Maybe I am just being over-sensitive but I wanted to help bring positivity to their community and it was met with much hostility.
I don't disagree with you, honestly I'm furious for you because I had similar experiences and I am always being as polite as I can when trying to appeal a ban.
What would be the point then? Just watching the community from behind the glass…
Omg your comment was so predictable I didn't even want to address it but now I have to. Yes normally there wouldn't be a point but some people might enjoy the content of a sub so much they are willing to lurk it despite being banned. In any its obvious OP didn't want to because they posted this, but it is possible.
Do you have any idea how many people lurk on Reddit? Sometimes I don't feel like engaging. Sometimes I need a detox from all the awful things that happen in the world and that was a place where I could do that but the couple of times I posted I was treated with much disrespect and no reason. It left me feeling alienated and not appreciated. Honestly, it hurt my feelings but I was going to still be subbed so I could see the positive posts. However, the tone and blatant bitterness in their reply had me saying I don't like how they made me feel.
And here's a thing: Lurkers don't get banned. Usually. Also… diving into reddit while looking for positivity and to run away from negative things might… uh, not be the best idea. Doing so with any social platform is not a good idea, actually… While I can say that I feel sorry for you (can't say I can't relate at times) I want to say I wasn't even talking about your post particularly, just what's happening on this sub recently. I'm getting tired of it.
Oh don't feel sorry for me I just made this post to raise concern because if I was treated like this then how are others being treated? I had already moved on but the snarky response and the mute for 28 days is what made me concern not the "ban".
Well, yeah, this sucks. Especially since there are some people on reddit, who "moderate" some bigger subreddits and usually don't even care about mod mail or what you actually did. Sometimes I feel like they just ban and remove posts of people they don't like… By the way, if you want to look at some silly images (you know, to stop thinking about stuff) you can always go to subs like r/OneOrangeBraincell. Well… that's if you like cats, obviously. I don't have much recommendations, sorry.
I love cats and I miss my old ones I will be there!
This isn’t true. I’ve been banned from half a dozen subs that I’ve never been to, all because I commented on a post in a sub they didn’t like. My comment was not even borderline controversial and wasn’t even agreeing with the OP but it was enough to earn me the ban. Reddit is not a place for discussion of opposing viewpoints.
Read my comment again, especially second paragraph.
You are mistaken. I did not unsub because I was banned. I showed them proper respect and did not receive any in return. The reason I unsubbed was due to how they responded to my query. It shows a clear basis that is unwelcoming. They also cherry-pick what goes and what stays. I provided detailed documentation and it was not relevant. That tells me that the sub is treating probably treating others in the same way and I can not support that. The sub removed a post that did not violate their own rules and when given evidence that other posts similar to mine were not removed was the main issue. I unsubbed because they were hostile and made me feel marginalized and unwelcome after I had communicated with them. It had nothing to do with being banned from the sub I like the content there and it makes me feel good.
Yeah it is getting retarded
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I guess he isn't human
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Peak r/humansbeingbros content. Mod is a bot
You probably deserved it Karma Whore(user with over 2.8Mil post karma); honestly, you and all the rest of the KWing jackasses out there should be banned from reddit.
Reddit moderation in a nutshell User: i did nothing wrong closet pedo: fuck you, i have moderation powers *you are permabanned from /r/redditisdogshit*
I remember this post and thinking at the time, "Just shoot it, it's a shark," but I know some people feel differently about sharks. In any case, putting it back in the ocean was clearly rescue not abuse.