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You can try and appeal, but my guess is that Reddit is cleaning up their site to get in Wall Streets' good graces for an upcoming IPO, and probably doing an inc

You can try and appeal, but my guess is that Reddit is cleaning up their site to get in Wall Streets' good graces for an upcoming IPO, and probably doing an incompetent job. I got my random 10 year old personal account banned from Reddit recently because I was told my username "contains a slur" even though the term in question is an exact match for an existing subreddit and appears all over Reddit.

WalterGR 5y ago
What’s the slur?
- logicalmonster 5y ago
  Thank you for asking. I am avoiding being specific because of doxxing concerns. Suffice it to say, there's subreddits with that term in it, and that word appears all over Reddit. It doesn't really matter because I don't care enough about Reddit anymore. There's better communities for freedom of speech where you will not get blocked or banned when you don't express the same exact opinions in lock-step with everybody else. Reddit can have their corporate advertising friendly safe space.
  - gaws 5y ago
    > It doesn't really matter because I don't care enough about Reddit anymore. OK. So, what was the slur?
  - WalterGR 5y ago
    blocked or banned when you don't express the same exact opinions in lock-step with everybody else. Wait, did you get banned because you expressed your own opinion or because your username contained a slur? Or do you mean that using slurs is something that should be allowed because it in itself is expressing your own opnion?
    - logicalmonster 5y ago
      The stated reason for my ban was that I included a slur in my username, despite this term appearing all over Reddit. This is a separate topic, but Reddit seems to be becoming increasingly dismissive of opinions that don’t fit into the narrow pre-approved pro-corporate orthodoxy. I’ve been blocked from many subreddits in recent weeks simply for politely voicing pro-choice posts on anti-mandate subreddits.
ASalazarMX 5y ago
I guess it will make it better for the media that report using Reddit as a source. No more "Reddit user Bob<slur><curse>Penis420 reported at 14:00 that..."

WalterGR 5y ago

What’s the slur?

logicalmonster 5y ago
Thank you for asking. I am avoiding being specific because of doxxing concerns. Suffice it to say, there's subreddits with that term in it, and that word appears all over Reddit. It doesn't really matter because I don't care enough about Reddit anymore. There's better communities for freedom of speech where you will not get blocked or banned when you don't express the same exact opinions in lock-step with everybody else. Reddit can have their corporate advertising friendly safe space.
- gaws 5y ago
  > It doesn't really matter because I don't care enough about Reddit anymore. OK. So, what was the slur?
- WalterGR 5y ago
  blocked or banned when you don't express the same exact opinions in lock-step with everybody else. Wait, did you get banned because you expressed your own opinion or because your username contained a slur? Or do you mean that using slurs is something that should be allowed because it in itself is expressing your own opnion?
  - logicalmonster 5y ago
    The stated reason for my ban was that I included a slur in my username, despite this term appearing all over Reddit. This is a separate topic, but Reddit seems to be becoming increasingly dismissive of opinions that don’t fit into the narrow pre-approved pro-corporate orthodoxy. I’ve been blocked from many subreddits in recent weeks simply for politely voicing pro-choice posts on anti-mandate subreddits.

ASalazarMX 5y ago

I guess it will make it better for the media that report using Reddit as a source. No more "Reddit user Bob<slur><curse>Penis420 reported at 14:00 that..."