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I have spent an unhealthy amount of time on reddit over the past 14 years and have never heard of such a thing. I find it unlikely that it's a significant probl
by delecti 4y ago
I have spent an unhealthy amount of time on reddit over the past 14 years and have never heard of such a thing. I find it unlikely that it's a significant problem which I've just been lucky to never brush against.
- tbrownaw 4y agoAsk your favorite search engine about Reddit ban "biological terrorism" for an example of such mass bans for posting in the wrong places from earlier this year.
- this_user 4y agoIt exists, but it only really happens on either subs with zealot moderators who are trying to maintain ideological purity, or on normal subs who are just trying to get rid of particularly obnoxious users who are more often than not part of the first category.
- hejaodbsidndbd 4y ago
- cultureswitch 4y agoYou're lucky. Naturally this isn't something that the moderators in question particularly like to talk about as it instantly gives them away as nutjobs. The thing with malicious moderation is that if it is done well, lurkers never realize. That in turn contributes to a warped view of reality. That said, reddit is still better than other social networks because, with some very big caveats, moderation is somewhat isolated from one subreddit to the next.
- burnished 4y agoI’ve only seen discussion of it on political subs, which I take to mean it mostly occurs on political subs.
- mypalmike 4y ago+1. While I trust this phenomenon happens, it's something I've never seen, and is certainly not a defining part of the experience. Source: Absurd amount of time on Reddit.
- edgyquant 4y agoI just can’t believe you’ve never heard of this. It’s extremely common and is prevalent in some of the largest subreddit. Or was when I left Reddit for good last year