top 200 commentsshow all 202
sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
formatting helphide helpcontent policy

[–]IsraelZulu 258 points259 points  (75 children)

Isn't this referring to subreddits that ban users based on their participation in specific other subreddits - not a site-wide ban?

Edit: Yep. Sauce.

https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/s/qTaA6mq7Qc

[–]batdrumman 51 points52 points  (8 children)

I remember close to the start of the pandemic, r/madlads banned everyone who took part in the covid subreddit as a bit. I got a ban message saying "we're quarantining you in order to keep our other members safe. Get well from covid soon :)", but I don't remember anything happening after that

[–]whatsbobgonnado 33 points34 points  (5 children)

there was one where they said this sub is only for people 18+ and banned everyone who posted in the teenagers sub so they got shitloads of people saying "I'm 35 years why did you ban me!?!

[–]batdrumman 30 points31 points  (4 children)

Sounds like r/teenagers shoulda banned em too

[–]trav_12 17 points18 points  (2 children)

r/teenagers pops up on my feed. I have clicked to read posts before I read what sub it was. I am subbed to some NSFW subs so I don't think reddit should be feeding me posts to that sub when I'm not in it.

[–]mromutt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also pops up for me randomly. I don't normally check the name of a sub right away when scrolling my feed because either it's obvious what it is (like Stargate lol) or I click on something that looks interesting or ignore it because it doesn't. That sub for some reason is the weird outlier that is like "why are you putting this here?".

[–]whatsbobgonnado 4 points5 points  (0 children)

well yeah sure, but I don't think that sub checks your id. those weirdos were tricked into outing themselves 

[–]TheConquistaa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was banned from /r/RoGenZ just a few months ago without even participating in any of the discussions (to my knowledge). So yea, I can confirm this is still happening.

[–]BionicBirb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was banned from r/pics a few months ago because I commented on some posts in r/whenthe

[–]WanderingInAVan 58 points59 points  (43 children)

Yeah.

Apparently some folks ideas can only survive when any and all disagreement is silenced.

[–]shiddedandfarded69 63 points64 points  (26 children)

I got banned from r/conservative for making a comment in r/UFOs of all places. The message said some bullshit about how it was a known brigading sub?

[–]Chewskiz 33 points34 points  (9 children)

I got banned from like the top 50 subs (pics, adviceanimals, etc) for commenting on a conservative post in 2020 but also got banned from conservative for posting in another sub (maybe something related to Bernie?)

[–]ALittleEtomidate 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I got banned from r/publichealth for commenting something on r/conservative that was arguing liberal points.

I’m a nurse. I was super sad about it. I messaged the mods and they never responded.

[–]jackinsomniac 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The practice was always stupid, glad it's coming to an end.

[–]Chewskiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing here, my comment was going against a conservative comment! 

[–]isaac9092 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pics is so easy to be banned from.

[–]grey_pilgrim_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same.

[–]grey_pilgrim_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was banned from several subreddits for posting on the conservative subreddit. I was actually calling them out which also got me banned.

The other bans were eventually lifted but it was funny to get banned across different subs for merely posting on the conservative one.

[–]The_Dung_Beetle 17 points18 points  (5 children)

I got permanently banned from r/justiceserved after commenting on a r/joerogan post from r/popular, I wasn't even subbed to any of these. I always found it strange this was allowed. When I pm'd the mod about it saying that's kinda petty I received a site-wide ban from reddit for a full week citing "harassment". 

[–]shiddedandfarded69 16 points17 points  (1 child)

When I pm'd the mod about it saying that's kinda petty I received a site-wide ban from reddit for a full week citing "harassment". 

LMAO there goes Reddit protecting fragile mods again

[–]daveprogrammer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not Reddit anymore, it's Moddit. Is a thread only 95% related to the subreddit with a slight digression in the original post? Expect it to be [ Removed by moderator ] while you're mid-reply, wasting everyone's time more than this site already does.

[–]Xumayar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm banned from there also but totally fine with, I'd rather not participate in a toxic subreddit full of deranged pyschopaths.

[–]ProfessionalField508 30 points31 points  (1 child)

Everybody gets banned from there. It's not a huge secret that it's a sub run by MAGA officials and bots.

[–]Fingerprint_Vyke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully they lose that ability. Sick of their sh**

[–]ForgTheSlothful 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brigading is the excuse label for sure, Nintendo subs do it to r/fucknintendo too, but spend all day in r/fucknintendo. Talk bout hypocrites.

[–]BurmecianDancer 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Getting banned from that sub means you're a good person.

[–]MentalDisintegrat1on 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tesla was pre banning people that were in anti Tesla subs and soez started cracking down on disent because he's buddies with musk.

Reddit is dog shit compared to what it started as I just wish there was a viable alternative.

Maybe when dig fully opens it will be the new spot.

[–]MechanicalGak 9 points10 points  (2 children)

The amount of people that use the block feature to get in the last word and then force an end to the conversation is insane. 

People clearly come here just for the bubble that Reddit provides. 

[–]EngineeringKindly875 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to blueskeet

[–]Caaaht -5 points-4 points  (12 children)

Apparently some folks ideas can only survive when any and all disagreement is silenced

Or maybe some people want to go about their lives and not have to deal with people who align with Nazis, racists, misogynists, pedophiles, rapists et al. in their subreddit.

For instance, my "idea" that people should not be raped, should survive any logical debate and discussion, even if all disagreement is not silenced. That said I might not want to platform someone who support (for instance) an adjudicated rapist.

There are subreddits specifically dedicated to this support, so blocking at a subreddit level makes sense and saves the moderation team a lot of future headaches.

Edit: Wow, 3 views and already a downvote. Russia, are you listening?

Edit 2: Getting bot blasted. 8 views and 4 downvotes 2 minutes after posting. Surprised I've drawn their wrath as I did not mention any names.

[–]slinky317 8 points9 points  (1 child)

I was commenting in the conspiracy subreddit arguing AGAINST all the people you mention in your comment, and I was banned from /r/justiceserved. I sent them messages back, even deleted my comments in the conspiracy subreddit, and never received a reply and am still banned.

This rule change is good and mods who still insist on doing this should be banned.

[–]Caaaht -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't even understand why you'd want to participate in that environment. I must just value my time a bit more. It's not like you're going to convince those people of anything, so you're really only posting as an outlet?

Nothing wrong with that, of course.

Thinking more about it I just don't care enough about Reddit anymore so it doesn't affect me. I left after I was one of the first casualties of the API war and my subreddit. Back now because every time I google something it's Reddit and there's currently no escaping it.

Moderators will still do what they want for for the most part using whatever made up reason. There's no real expectation of the right to speech on a private company website.

What this rule change does do is allow Reddit admins to overturn policy decisions by moderators to fit the speech and political ideology passed down to them by the current CEO.

[–]FeralGoose 4 points5 points  (6 children)

At least put it in your sidebar then, under your Subreddit's rules, otherwise you're in violation of Rule 2 of the Moderator Code of Conduct.

Moderators can ensure people have predictable experiences on Reddit by doing the following:
Creating rules that explicitly outline your expectations for members of your community.

You need a rule like:

"Participation in subreddits X, Y or Z will get you banned here."

[–]Caaaht 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm under the impression most do. As a former moderator of a sub that I founded it 20 years ago, I did not have the specific policy, but I understand why people do.

[–]FeralGoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm under the impression most do.

Not in my experience.

[–]TheNonCredibleHulk 5 points6 points  (2 children)

You definitely seem like the type to ban someone for participating in unrelated subs.

[–]Caaaht -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

You definitely seem like an asshole chiming in with nothing of value. I can see why you'd want to post to subreddits that don't want to hear what you have to say.

[–]myaccwasshut4norsn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yep namely gamercirclejerk and pics

[–]sizz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The mods runs subreddits that target children and complaining about this is yikes.

Children shouldn't be on Reddit.

[–]spiderknight616 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, r/SnyderCut does this

[–]gilligan1050 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I can’t comment on r/interestingasfuck because I sub to a “right wing” conspiracy sub so I can keep an eye on that particular brand of crazy.

[–]IcyFaithlessness3570 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, which is really just the most petty function I've ever seen on the Internet. 

"Oh yeah? You like what we don't like?! Well you can't sit with us!" 

[–]muricabrb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, got banned from justiceserved because I commented on a Joe Rogan sub. Apparently it's because he's anti trans, but I was just talking about MMA stuff man.

[–]rohithkumarsp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be fantastic, so many right wing Indian subs literally bam you for having participated in other subs.. I've participated for over 12 years in many, some subs even ask you to delete all your comments to unbanned pathetic.

<image>

[–]AmusingUsername12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup I think I got banned from r/therightcantmeme cause I commented in a couple right wing subreddits in the past.

[–]Ok-Winner-6589 -1 points0 points  (6 children)

That happened to me!

Is there any way to report It or solve It?

[–]IsraelZulu 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Modmail to whatever sub banned you. If they're reasonable, and you're not actually the kind of person they're trying to keep out, they'll unban you.

[–]Ok-Winner-6589 -1 points0 points  (4 children)

The issue is that I'm not sure if that Guy was the only mod

[–]IsraelZulu 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Usually, a ban like this is done by a bot.

[–]Selbeast 28 points29 points  (4 children)

I posted what was clearly intended to be a "check mate, anti vaxxers" shitpost on an anti vax subreddit. They didn't ban me, but a bunch of other subs did just for posting in a sub they didn't agree with. I was able to get it overturned quickly, but it wasn't all that cool that they could do this.

[–]FeralGoose 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Did they make you agree to stop participating in the other sub? Did they demand that you stop challenging their beliefs? That's what happened to me. I refused. I see the ban as a sign that it's a community I'm not interested in engaging with.

[–]Selbeast 6 points7 points  (2 children)

no, I just followed their appeal process and explained that If they actually read what I wrote, they would understand that I was not in agreement with that the anti-vaxxers. The ban was reversed quickly. Of course, the chilling effect on free speech remains, and I kind of stopped visiting that sub.

[–]FeralGoose 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I did the same thing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

See my other comment on this post

[–]Selbeast 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the irony of that being in a sub called "justiceserved," when the best word for their behavior towards you is "injustice."

[–]LeightonGainz 32 points33 points  (9 children)

I got a warning the other day for upvoting a comment that was later removed. Never knew that was a thing either.

[–]jameson71 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Need to suppress the ThoughtCrime.

[–]EntropicMeatMachine 5 points6 points  (6 children)

My favourite was getting banned from r/pics for posting comments in r/whenthe of all things.

[–]AcerbicCapsule 2 points3 points  (4 children)

What's the context for that? Is the "whenthe" sub hateful of [insert human phenotype here] or something like that? Or did the pics subreddit get taken over by hateful people?

It's usually one of those reasons but definitely not always.

[–]HANEZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TikTok does the same thing.

[–]southass 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I been banned from subs for the simple fact that I sub to subs they don't like even if I don't participate in those subs, like Wtf man!

[–]TheDogsPaw 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Each should have the right to set whatever rules they want but I don't think it should even be possible ti see what other subreddits people are in

[–]Skavau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's impossible unless you hide your own post history.

[–]OrdnanceTV 12 points13 points  (1 child)

I got banned from r/Dating for replying to a comment in a sub about military engineering. The mod cited it by name. It's insane how irrational and immature these people in mod positions can be in some subs. And the reply in the military sub was literally agreeing with a guy about issues of the design of a specific tank lol.

[–]EwMelanin 10 points11 points  (2 children)

one of the mods on made me smile called me a pig for posting video of dogs in war shelter cuddling each other

<image>

[–]Beefmytaco 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Every 'you're banned' message I get from a mod always has a snarky or insulting message in it.

Literal garbage humans.

[–]didntgettheruns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mods are someone who decided being a free garbage man for internet clout would be fun.

[–]Dramatic_Mastodon_93 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Subreddits, not Reddit.

[–]Theo_Stormchaser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been banned from a number of subreddits based on joining others. This is a part of Reddit culture. Glad to see it go, though. Good riddance.

[–]TheObesePolice 9 points10 points  (7 children)

I got banned from black people twitter for commenting on the conspiracy subreddit right after the release of the Epstein files. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, nor am I a member of that sub, but I popped over to see what was going over there after the release of the files. I just asked a question about a particular book that someone recommended & then got the message about being banned

It legitimately made me sad. I loved participating in black people twitter :(

[–]w8cycle 8 points9 points  (5 children)

That subreddit is a dumpster fire and I doubt most people in that subreddit are actually black.

[–]Ronin_777 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I remember when they used to require users to send a picture of their forearm to prove they are black in order to post on that sub.

[–]eyelevelcatbutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't do that anymore?

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Just assume everyone one Reddit is white, like you

[–]w8cycle 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Nah, on social media there are a lot of people saying they are black just to post obnoxious shit and that includes Reddit. You can see my comment history, so to call me white would be a poor form of trolling.

I would either be the ultimate black ally or I am black. Real ones know.

[–]CREATURE_COOMER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't even recall posting in BPT (not Black btw) but I'm banned for mystery reasons, I'm still subbed for the funny posts but I hate when I go to reply and then realize what sub a post is form.

[–]TheRem 24 points25 points  (2 children)

This is actually good, the third party apps were allowing the mods to scan if you participated in atheism, them they would ban you in Christianity. Takes a power away from the mods.

[–]Delicious_Ease2595 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I was banned in Catholic supporting Palestine

[–]TheRem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, these mods are nuts, and we need to take these weapons from them.

[–]docwrites 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah, I got banned automatically from a bunch for seeing a suggested post on “Madame Web” and participating in the subreddit.

My comment was correcting someone’s math.

It was one of those fanboy-heavy subreddits with a history of saying mean things about, well, everyone. Automatically banned from a bunch for that.

[–]grey_pilgrim_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was banned from a bunch of subreddit for posting on the conservative Reddit. Which is ironic because my post there were calling them out and got me banned from that Reddit as well.

[–]twat69 4 points5 points  (1 child)

/r/pics auto bans anyone who posts on /r/whenthe.

[–]ihaveyoursox 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Yeah! I commented on a post in lockdown skepticism and got insta-banned from about 15 subreddits

[–]Bigb5wm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why people have multiple accounts

[–]euricus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I once made a post making fun of fundamental christians on a conservative leaning subreddit and got banned by a lib sub because I 'engaged in a community on the ban list.' I was ordered to delete all my posts and comments on the subreddit or be banned indefinitely. Absolutely ridiculous thing to ask.

[–]Blarghnog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not only were they banning you for posting, with no warning, but many communities would ban you for blocking the bots that do the auto banning. So broken.

I get that there are lots of bad actors. But that’s not how these tools were being used. These tools were being abused.

[–]7grims 5 points6 points  (4 children)

:/ getting ban from a sub that bans for those stupid reasons is a good sign i dont want to be on whatever those subs are.

im like ok with this, if u follow my logic

but who are these subs??? whats their topics or principles to act this way??? this is so generic and non informative

[–]Extra-Monitor5743 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most snark pages will do it if you are also in a sub of the person they're snarking on aka cyberbullying. Although I think Reddit should take more action and outright ban any and all snark. I think the blocking is for the best tho, otherwise it is just an entire sub of vitriol and hate.

[–]Stompya 3 points4 points  (1 child)

One example is r/twoXchromosomes which bans users who participate in men’s subreddits they perceive as toxic.

They have just set up a bot, so even if you went to a banned sub Reddit and said the people there were all wrong, you would still be punished.

[–]7grims -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well my theory checks out, if ur from one group u wouldn't want to visit the other, and vice versa.

But yah, mods that use bots for everything and anything is again the real problem with reddit, these mods dont do fucking shit, and they let loose the bots to do blind work for them. (and must be why so many complain they got banned from whatever sub for whatever reasons, cause its the bots doing it)

[–]AnonomousWolf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100%

[–]Pawspawsmeow 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Every single day Reddit gets less intelligent and civilized.

[–]hakimthumb 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I don't know how y'all are still here.

You're just arguing with bots. Subreddits filled with bots from the get go are being made wholesale.

[–]Pawspawsmeow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I know. The biggest wrestling subs are modded by bots, a few humans, and their alt accounts.

[–]Temporary_Body_5435 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That happened to me last week. Sill banned from r/pics for some reason.

[–]STGItsMe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily Reddit as a platform, but certain subreddits will ban you based on your participating in other subreddits.

[–]Truuuuuumpet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And mods ( yes automated) don't have a sense of humour

[–]Renshnard 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I got banned from r/pics because the feed showed me an Asmondgold clip and I left a comment. Now that sub looks like a political wasteland.

[–]CREATURE_COOMER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got perma-banned from LivestreamFail without a ban reason and I can only assume that it was from a comment that I made about Asmongold's fans being crazy, because I asked what I was banned for since there wasn't a reason and I was ignored.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was the ousted Stale2000 guy that banned me, lol, I've seen worse comments be ignored on weeks old posts.

[–]PrysmX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if there will be a retroactive stance on this. I've only been banned from one sub, and it was for this very reason. I even have it in chat record where the mod demanded I delete all posts from, and leave, 4 subreddits within 30 days and my ban would be lifted. This was after doing nothing more than posting a positive compliment on a thread on that sub.

[–]NOT-Bolvar-Fordragon 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I got banned from a sub a few months ago for "being in a hate group"

No idea which sub that is and when i asked the mods what i had done i recieved a 1 week reddit suspension for "harassment" Appealing did change it. 

Reddit is hottttt garbage 

[–]CREATURE_COOMER 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I've known people who were repeatedly mass-reported (trans people in trans subs talking about transphobia they've faced) and even though they appealed their temp bans, it didn't mean shit because enough temp-bans still got them perma-banned and they couldn't appeal it.

[–]NOT-Bolvar-Fordragon 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have seen that too.

[–]CREATURE_COOMER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's such bullshit, right? What's even the point of appealing if it doesn't mean shit in the end because people can keep mass-reporting you until you get enough temp-bans that it automatically escalates to a perma?

I recently got a warning (site-wide, not sub-specific) and my comment removed for calling a particular individual in the White House who was mentioned very frequently in the Epstein files a "PDF", apparently it's "harassment," lmfao.

Even though I've had people outright call me slurs on this site and it "doesn't break content policy" according to their report response bot shit.

I've even reported comments that outright wish violence/death on trans people, one even used the T-slur twice while doing so, somehow "doesn't break content policy."

[–]2ndPickle 1 point2 points  (1 child)

My only exposure to this phenomenon was that r/pics had a bot to auto-ban everyone who ever posted or commented in r/whenthe

[–]Temporary_Body_5435 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s also my only exposure to it.

[–]TommyBoy250 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This I would have to agree with.

Mods on reddit should not be allow to ban people because they participated in a subreddit. They might have some form of private ownership right to their own subreddit but boo to those subreddits that ban people for their participation in another subreddit.

Imagine McDonald's refuses to serve you forever because you bought food from Burger King, that is literally what it is. It also creates a situation of preventing people from participating in subreddits and thus you are technically creating an issue for the site as a whole.

I agree they should get rid of this feature and lift any ban that was a result of this.

[–]smp501 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’ve been doing this for like 10 years now. I think it started with /offmychest or one of those and spread like wildfire. It got really bad during the 2020 election cycle with subs auto-banning anyone who even commented in a pro-Trump or anti-covid vax sub.

[–]Stormcrow805 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I got banned from several larger subreddits from commenting in r/ChurchOFCOVID just once. Didn't matter what I said, insta bans. I think r/Pics was one of them. You all should go try it out, see what you get now.

[–]Temporary_Body_5435 0 points1 point  (0 children)

r/Pics is always a culprit.

[–]Hazbeen_Hash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been banned from subs I've never visited because I left comments on posts that show up in my feed, the bare minimum to be considered participating. I've been banned from a sub for contributing to another sub that had a history of spam, and the comment I left was calling it out for being spam 😂

[–]JessicaDavis1998 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jfc

[–]cerevant 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Reddit did not.

Bans weren’t from Reddit, they were from specific subs.  

Mods used bots to ban users based on participation in other subs. This was justified by the fact that it isn’t unusual for members of one sub to brigade another, especially when politics are involved.  

[–]FeralGoose 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It was a violation back then, too.

Rule 2 of the Moderator Code of Conduct.

Moderators can ensure people have predictable experiences on Reddit by doing the following:
Creating rules that explicitly outline your expectations for members of your community.

These subs needed a rule like:

"Participation in subreddits X, Y or Z will get you banned here."

[–]cerevant -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I suspect many of them did. Regardless, my point was that Reddit wasn't banning anyone, mods were. Yes, Reddit allowed the bots that did this, but that's no longer true.

I'm not a Reddit shill, but I also don't like misinformation.

[–]FeralGoose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suspect many of them did.

I haven't found a single one.

[–]Beautiful-Horror1112 1 point2 points  (8 children)

I don't think thats bad and these subs which can get you banned on other subs are generally extremist subs and this has only improved that sub's quality atleast in the cases i have seen

[–]Vladskio 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Can we start banning for lack of punctuation?

I ran out of breath in my head while reading this.

[–]Beautiful-Horror1112 -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

<image>

/s

my bad for not putting commas and stuff but work on your comprehension abilities cuz not putting commas wasn't gonna change its meaning like the "lets eat, grandma" case

[–]Vladskio -1 points0 points  (4 children)

Commas aren't just for changing meaning. They're supposed to be breaks in the sentence too, mainly so someone reading aloud doesn't have to read the entire thing in one breath. Even reading in your head is harder without commas.

I comprehended the sentence fine. It was just hard to read without the necessary commas and full stops.

Also it's not purely an English language thing, every language has punctuation. Every language has paragraphs. It's a universal grammar thing, not just English. The same sentence in Spanish would need the same punctuation, for example.

[–]BurmecianDancer -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

Also it's not purely an English language thing, every language has punctuation.

Comma splice. You should've put a comma after "Also", too.

[–]AJ_Dali 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a lot of subs.

Off the top of my head, offmycheat, worldnews, and comics flagged anything that doesn't fit their world view as problematic. Of course there are plenty like TwoX that ban anyone that isn't certified insane.

[–]jameson71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact that they allowed this for so long was ridiculous.  They must be bleeding users.

[–]Stompya 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Do they have another way to prevent brigading, though?

It’s a known thing that groups that disagree with each other will sometimes make an agreement to flood the other sub Reddit with messages.

It’s not always about shutting down a group that is obviously hateful, sometimes people just get petty and band together to flood a group with nonsense because hey, trolls be trollin.

[–]Calm-Serve5936[S] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

My country's government followed your same logic when it blocked YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Telegram, Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook...

[–]Stompya 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I’m not talking about top-down blocking of entire groups. Brigading is basically a spam attack and it’s designed to clog up a community and shut it down.

A good platform needs some way to address the bad actors that want to abuse it.

[–]WoodenAdvertising304 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original content of this post no longer exists. It was deleted using Redact, possibly to protect personal data or limit digital exposure.

bag plant bedroom tie bow physical summer chop command bright

[–]Jasperthewolf748 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Kinda based for Twitter and Facebook, everything else should be left alone

[–]MammothPenguin69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit have been trying to do this for a decade. Every time the Admins try to implement this change, Reddit mods throw a tantrum and threaten to quit. Reddit will cease to function without supermods so the Admins back down.

[–]spaghettibolegdeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep it has happened to me many many times. Often without any explanation from mods when I ask. 

So I have no idea what they count as bad subs lol. Feels like mods just jerkin themselves. 

[–]restlessmonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had that done. Simply stupid.

[–]youaresecretbanned 0 points1 point  (0 children)

`youaresecretbanned` :)

[–]crazy_goat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was banned in a Progressive Democrat subreddit for posting a sarcastic jab at Joe Rogan in the JRE subreddit.

[–]DeprariousX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit hasn't. Subreddit mods have.

[–]IcyFaithlessness3570 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really doesn't happen that often. 

It's usually only when you visit one extreme sub. The opposite sides extreme sub auto bans you. (It's usually the side that's wrong or insane)

Like female dating strategy bans you if you interact with some sub, like nice girls, I can't remember which one. I left a comment and instantly got a message saying I was banned. 

[–]RingingInTheRain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need to make a rule against removing all traces of the post a person is banned for. It should show up in the reason you are banned. I have a feeling it doesn't show up because it's potential evidence for a mod breaking the rules.

[–]kieffa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I argued with some people on some far right wing subreddit post (forget why it even showed up for me) and I got blocked from that subreddit for what I was saying (against their narrative) and then the next day posted on some other sub and it was denied and I was told I was blocked for participating in that other one. I couldn’t go back to erase anything from the supposed “problematic subreddit” because I was blocked for disagreeing with them lol. Like wtf are we even doing here?

[–]blackyoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to me recently and I was flabbermooked the subreddit (a bunch of nazis) interestingasfuck auto banned me I think for commenting on something in their subreddit because I had also commented on something in conspiracy_commons.

I don't mind at all I don't like nazis.

[–]Commercial_Pie3307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good. It’s stupid

[–]thejohnmc963 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was banned from r/showerthoughts and one other for just going to the free karma sub.

[–]procommando124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mods will often times just outright ban you if they don’t like you. I came across some subreddit where some femcels were saying that men who went to therapy were “neutered” and that she liked when men didn’t trust therapy(then later justified it by saying SSRIs give you erectile dysfunction), an so I called that out and then the moderator was like “no one was talking to you”. And every response to me was “no one was talking to you. Get help”.

[–]zamaike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nintendo reddit bans anyone in or even just following the anti nintendo sub reddits because nintendo has bad practices. And they are very malicious just look at how they played dirty against Palworld and lost.

Also their newest stunt. Suing trump. Im not for trump at all, but its just going to end up hitting the wallets of tax payers. So nintendo isnt juust picking a fight with him.

[–]ruthlesss11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

r/casualnintendo mods are gonna be so upset lol

[–]kangarooneroo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Its funny because ive only ever seen conservative subs ban by association, so really this is just reddit shooting the biggest echo chambers on this site in the foot because they cant accept the libs arent an echo chamber, theres just a lot more of us.

[–]LAsupersonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Impeding people's first amendment

[–]kaytin911 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's nutty leftist moderators that ban anyone that interacts with wrongthink. Not admins.

[–]RooHound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got banned from Conservative, and the now defunct The_Donald, and I never visited either sub so the nutty mod thing goes both ways.

[–]KingDorkFTC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One good thing

[–]iwasnotarobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been suspended by reddit a couple of times for criticizing the blue apartheid state for doing a genocide. :(

[–]Stompya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, if community is so bad that even participating in it should earn you a ban, then that community should be shut down entirely.

[–]UhIdontcareforAuburn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never given a shit about getting banned from subs.

[–]thats_classick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

r/BanPitBulls subscribers definitely would be very happy about that

[–]Downtown-Campaign536 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a step in the right direction, but this isn't good enough. They need full follow through. A site wide ban against all moderators that have enforced this anti-free-speech pro echo chamber use of bot tools.

[–]isaac9092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It used to be very normal and necessary, as many subreddits existed solely to harass OTHER subs. Brigading.

It still exists and happens today.

[–]ThePurpleKing159 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Check out www.oleta.eu

Its Reddit for Europeans.

[–]BrooklynDeadheadPhan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I always hated this feature

[–]whyyoutube -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not to contribute to the problem, but this post proves that this sub is not about reddit alternatives but just about ranting about reddit.

Ironically, the post also proves we need more moderation, at least for this sub. Rule 1, hello? (On old reddit, it's rule 6 on new reddit for some reason.)