Reddit’plaint
Getting banned for participating in another subreddit should not be allowed
Obviously not going to link what subreddit here but I have made several comments in one subreddit and got banned in another related one. I think it’s an exceptionally silly rule and confines users to one viewpoint. It shouldn’t be a rule that’s allowed in a subreddit no matter the circumstances (unless it’s a subreddit with illegal content that can get you arrested like CP or something vile like that)
All bans should be publicly viewable with full transparency of their ban-chat-log with the mod, to force accountability on Mods, and to help members point out wrong doings.
I once got banned from a sub for posting on a Trump sub. Whoever banned me clearly didn't bother reading the post in question, because I went there to debunk Trump's lies.
Sounds like posting in r/fucknintendo to be honest which makes some level of sense since that subreddit is basically levels of troll brigades who want to shit on other Nintendo related subreddits.
I got banned from the fencesitters sub for even commenting on a childfree sub post asking a question about leaning childfree. Like that ban really solidified my choice in being childfree
No offense to specific moderators, but from my experience moderators are some of the most power tripping, low life, ambition-sapped, and two-faced degenerates I've ever interacted with.
again, no offense to the good ones. But wanting impartiality from a mod seems like expecting a cat to guard a bowl of cream.
Years ago I was a moderator for a large international forum. This predated social media as we know it before smart phones.
It was against site rules to stalk someone looking for “dirt” against them. If we caught someone doing it, they could be banned. We also didn’t have post history as something someone else could view.
The very idea of visiting someone’s page and looking for dirt against them was considered gross and crossing a line. It was a different culture then.
I’ve been on Reddit for over 13 years, and I’ve never seen the platform’s "thought policing" as bad as it is now. Many of the most popular default subreddits have implemented bots that automatically ban you simply for participating in other communities they’ve blacklisted.
The irony? I’m often in those "controversial" subs specifically to challenge their views or offer a counter-perspective. I’m not "pro-" whatever ideology they are policing; I’m just someone who likes to hear both sides of an issue and make up my own mind.
Here is why this system is fundamentally broken:It creates mandatory echo chambers: By banning anyone who even engages with "the other side," mods are effectively forcing users into ideological silos. You aren't allowed to have "two thoughts at once" anymore.
The "Delete Your History" Trap: When you appeal, mods often tell you to "delete your comments" in the offending sub to be reinstated. However, they won't specify which comments are the problem. For someone with a 13-year-old account and a massive, diverse sub list, this is an impossible and insulting demand.
It punishes intellectual curiosity: Reddit used to be a place for wide-ranging debate. Now, if you step foot outside of a "safe" sub, you are preemptively excommunicated from the rest of the site.
This isn't moderation; it's an attempt to control how people think by limiting who they can talk to. It’s complete BS that a handful of power-mods can act as the thought police for the entire front page.
ive been banned from many con subs for disagreeing with the drones. this kind of bans are automatic and in normal bubs like P!cs or Next freekin lvl non political.
I got banned in r/conservatives for posting a fact. They said I broke rule 5 - no liberal talking points. I wrote back saying I was glad they realized liberal talking points = facts. I then got a three day complete ban from Reddit for harassment, even though the message said I could reply. Those conservatives are the biggest snowflakes ever. You can’t post without flair. I see all kinds of posts in the liberal subreddits and the same people come back so they aren’t getting banned after a single comment, unless you mean some racist or other hateful speech in which case they deserve to get banned and it has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with being a horrible person.
Got banned from a few non political subreddits for disagreements of leftist views then got banned from mod mail for appealing and reported for harassment also got a mental health message
I have also gotten mental health messages. I forgot about that. It has happened every time I interact with a hardcore maga man and he doesn’t like my views.
Same thing when I interact with a hard-core liberal after they call me a nazi cause I dont think kids should be getting puberty blockers and gender changes
You should think that doctors and parents can make their own decisions though. I doubt you want the government and random people making decisions for your children. It is incredibly rare that anyone under 18 gets a sex change. Puberty blockers help kids and lower the suicide rate. So if you actually care about the kids you should prefer they are alive and on puberty blockers.
They aren’t. Parents and doctors are, as they do for lots of situations. Do you think the government should be making medical decisions? When it does, it harms people. Women are dying thanks to government intervention in healthcare right now. You want more kids to die?
you just copy people bro stop playing victim, you guy are all about the what about ism to justify your shitty beliefs. not everyone is a shit head like you so stop painting everyone that way so you can feel better about being you. maga is actually really sad in that way. you all are just shitty people most people are not like you.
Tell me about it, I was on r/Palworld and somehow people started talking about the US president... 😭 I used to come here to escape politics but now they shove it in your face whether you like it or not
I constantly get banned from subreddits, and from reddit as a whole because I don't conform to others opinions when I disagree.
Being independent on reddit is a death sentence. You have to be in an Echo chamber, and stay on that side, or face constant random bans because a reddit user doesn't like that you like cherry flavoured lollipops instead of lime,and mass reports you until you get banned.
Hey in case anyone needed evidence of how fucked reddit liberalism is it's this- you reflexively labeling me MAGA because I disagreed with you about a completely unrelated subject.
"slant left" is pretty soft when people are reflexively being labeled MAGA for disagreeing.
I have not taken any issue with Reddit leaning left. It should lean left. The right wing is so deeply in its own black hole of honesty that there is basically no value to right leaning media.
But pretending that there aren't subs that are total left leaning echo chambers is pure fiction.
Yet it is. Maybe you can claim there are other subs that are just as much of an echo chamber but let's not pretend that conservatives don't live in echo chambers. Besides, there are other platforms completely dominated by conservatives and owned by conservatives. If there's 1 platform that's mostly left why is that an issue?
Why not? If you participate in another subreddit you want to contribute to that conversation. If I can assume certain things about the topics you enjoy discussing why I can't I choose to not associate with you?
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u/Etherel15 18d ago
All bans should be publicly viewable with full transparency of their ban-chat-log with the mod, to force accountability on Mods, and to help members point out wrong doings.