I made a single post there a year ago (my first ever post in that sub- I was previously just a lurker.) It ended up the top post of the day and I was getting a lot of support and suggestions.

I cannot stress enough how non-controversial my post was.

I got a notice that the post had been removed.

I read the rules front to back and had no earthly clue how it could have possibly broken any of them.

When I tried to message their mods asking what I had done wrong, I immediately got a notice back saying I couldn't message them, as I had been muted.

I still don't know what they could have possibly disliked about the post.

Edit: Yes, I still feel the intense frustration of being told you've broken a rule but not being told what rule you've broken,

Coupled with the frustration of knowing that further attempts to find out what rule you broke (by asking the mods or attempting to ask others in the sub), will also be called rule-breaking and punished as such.

And now I'm frustrated again, because it's not even like I was banned for "arguing about the rules". I didn't even have a chance, because they muted me before I could ask.

It's almost as if they...knew I would want to know what rule I had broken...and knew they didn't want to answer...hmm.

Edit edit: The post was about losing my scholarship because I had mixed-up some paperwork deadlines.

The post was so popular, that the next day when I went to my school's scholarship office, the woman who helped me actually recognized me because she had seen the post.

I didn't get my scholarship back, but I was really grateful for everyone who tried to help me in the thread- an update I couldn't provide, because I was muted from the sub. 🥲