automod filters made reddit an absolute nightmare. pouring my heart out on the depression sub and getting it removed because it didn’t have 300 characters or it was image post saturday or god knows what. you basically just don’t get to post on any sizable sub — before it was at least a lottery! post, see if people will like it! but now you can’t even get a post through!
there are 50 automod filters on everything, forbidden words or topics, perfectly good questions cast away to megathreads no one reads!
it’s a dire, awful landscape, and really terrible user experience, having something on your chest and wanting to post, but oh hey this won’t be posted until our ‘mod team’ ‘reviews’ it. isn’t that what voting is for? please stop treating me like a spambot or troll by default!
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I’m gonna go through my old reddit messages and see what subreddits I’ve been banned from and why
You’ve been banned from /r/GamingCircleJerk not for breaking any rules, but for making a joke one of our mods doesn’t like (I said “kill me now please” in response to journalists showing footage of actual literal Russian soldiers being actually literally killed, describing said footage as “Call Of Duty style”)
You’ve been banned from /r/JusticeServed for pointing out that Donald Trump got vaccinated in /r/Conservative
You’ve been banned from /r/LateStageCapitalism for arguing with conservatives in a variety of subreddits
You’ve been banned from /r/WitchesVsPatriarchy for arguing with libertarians in /r/PoliticalCompassMemes. You may appeal this ban.
In your appeal, you must:
- Explain your participation in a subreddit that promulgates hate speech and brigades other subreddits
- Explain why you feel you should be unbanned
- Explain your feelings on the Patriarchy.
- Your appeal must contain the words “Formal Ban Appeal”, otherwise it will not be considered
Appeals submitted without these four elements will not be considered.
^(Actual real text from the /r/WitchesVsPatriarchy mod team)
I’m ashamed of how many of these bans I tried to appeal instead of just logging into my alternate account to evade them
instead of just logging into my alternate account to evade them
Just unsubscribe the community and go participate on some other.
It’s not worthwhile to engage with people that behave like this. And the mods of large subredits were always forced to behave like this, so it was never worthwhile to participate in any large one.
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Every subreddit I listed had the biggest pussies for mods. I didn’t include any subreddits where my appeal was accepted without the mods saying something along the lines of “you’d better behave yourself this time”
Shout-out to /r/me_irlgbt mods for being chill and immediately unbanning me because I only visited /r/conspiracy to argue with flearthers
I just made new accounts constantly on Reddit because they’d ban you for basically nothing from a ton of the major subreddits. Aquire a few bans, nuke account and start over was how I interacted with the platform recently.
I had my original account for years before I got a single ban. I think the moderation teams just got overtaxed and started throwing down the ban hammer for about anything. Plenty of bans just for saying something whoever reviewed it didn’t agree with. Have to love enforcing an echo chamber and killing all discussion.
Same, which also meant I was unable to participate in many places because of ridiculous karma requirements.
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Might want to add an /s to that first sentence. I myself know that it’s sarcasm, but it’s not peoples’ faults if they don’t realize it, fam. ^^
Plus the number of times I got banned from what is this thing because my comment didn’t meet their standards.
It’s like r/history and r/science. Every single comment thread was completely empty with nothing but [removed] over and over. Why the fuck even have a sub at that point? And then anytime anyone mentioned how ridiculous it was, in other subs even, they’d get piled on by people defending it somehow. It’s like being in the fucking twilight zone.
I fucking hated those subs for that exact reason. What’s good about a thousand comments saying “removed”? How does that help anyone? It’s so asinine, and then the little goober defenders cry about how it’s to keep the level of discussion high. What discussion? Discussion is blatantly not allowed.
EXACTLY. could not stand that shit. smug and obnoxious. it makes sense to promote good answers, sure, but don’t remove everything else! what if i don’t need a PHD-level answer to something? can’t you use flairing to showcase good answers instead of deleting everything?
I was on Reddit for over 10 years, but I had less than 10 posts. There were many times I’d miss that it was image only day, or my post would be grouped into some category that wasn’t allowed, even though I never thought it would fit that category. I have social anxiety so when my post wouldn’t make it through, I’d feel like an idiot for not understanding the rules.
I developed this habit where I type out a post and then never submit it. I’ve been trying to break the habit for a few years now. Lemmy needs more activity, so I at least try to comment every once in a while to add conversation. Maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to make my own posts again.
The big difference is: in reddit, you would actually be informed why your post was removed. Here, stuff vanishes without the poster even noticing
I was never a moderator on Reddit or on any other platform and fell into the role here. Quite happily, actually, because when you do it right and delete people’s posts and they ask why because your pithy explanation in the modlog is too pithy and you explain the rules, the poster is grateful at best and at worst is slightly irritated by the rules, whether that be the Lemmy.world Code of Conduct or the community rules. The nice thing here I think is that moderators are accountable to rules and the admins. We can’t just subject people to whatever bot or whatever whim or whatever bot we whimsically put out. We actually moderate I thought this little job was going to be irritating. It isn’t. I really like it because we talk to each other. There is a public modlog. I love this! All mod actions I take are accessible to the users. It’s amazing and I love being a moderator here because everything is so transparent. It’s real moderation that is fair and helps the users. I don’t think any moderator on Reddit would ever like it here. I mean, really, every move you make as a moderator is available for the world to see. Reddit does not have this. Probably why it can’t turn a profit. Moderators here are held accountable and I am so glad to be held accountable.
I am so glad to be held
Ah, but aren’t we all
Umm accountable. Held accountable. You chopped it off there. And I like being held accountable. Fire me any time you like for any reason. Not like I’m actually doing anything special.
I like….Fire”
Ah, yes, I agree, perfect for roasting the marshmallows
Honestly, one day I might get bored and drunk and just post all kinds of awful things all over and violate the guidelines for moderators. I’ll be forcibly removed. This really can happen because I’m not against it and not opposed to getting ripped off my ass and getting fired for a job that isn’t actually a job. Will I miss being a moderator? No. Will I care much? No. Watch me to learn how to be just a moderator and not be some creeper in his mom’s basement with no life aged 35 or something. Who knows? Maybe I’ll get banned as a moderator for saying exactly what I’ve just said because I’ve been so not thinking about the code of conduct or the rules of this community. My whole self value is not invested in this. I’m into other things and have an actual life. I also like to drink booze.
I think you’ll be okay, if anything just switch to an alt account before you start drinking lol
LMAO what’s the fun in that? Much better to be the drunk ass mod who was removed as a mod and just navigate the town. Netflix series are made of this. I’m never giving up this userid. It is me. I might even gat more popular with the Reddit people. I can be that sexy guy that just came out of jail. Like on Netflix. Or Amazon prime.
Chopped it off for the sake of humor. It’s all good, fam ^^
The fact that so many Reddit users were willing to put up with the bureaucracy makes me lose faith in humanity.
Definitely agree. Better or worse, at least I know I can make a post on here without it being instantly removed and getting a ban for not reading the 3000 page rulebook.
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Sorry your post has been removed for not being general enough for “General Discussion”.
Also you have been banned from “General Discussion” for posting in other “Specific Discussion” channels which is against our policy.
I can’t post in c/CasualConversation for some reason…
I’ve never posted there before and am not banned as far as I can see, posts just never save properly when I try…
Yes. The other thing I got tired of was “we’re locking this because moderation is a lot of work, therefore no one can talk at all.”
That should be an option in extreme cases but it should be considered a last resort, like locking the sub. Reddit mods would do it at the drop of a hat with any thread that was very active, with not one fuck to give about blocking legit discussion.
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You want to hear about the absurdity of automod deletions on Reddit? I got a post deleted from illegallifeprotips. For involving revenge or some such nonsense.
All it was, I had discovered an amazing way to stop scam calls, bill collectors, really most anyone from calling you that you don’t want calling you ever again. It works like a dream, and if there is anyone standing next to you it definitely gets a reaction.
Here fucking here. Everything on Reddit was a gated community and it sucked so bad.
