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> some mods heading big subs who are power hungry jerks I've seen this complaint, but never the reality. I've seen heavy and light handed mods, but in either c

> some mods heading big subs who are power hungry jerks I've seen this complaint, but never the reality. I've seen heavy and light handed mods, but in either case, I've only ever seen mods that are thoughtful about the balance they have to strike between the two. Some subs have strict rules, but I've never thought they were fascistically strict, just that those mods were deliberately cultivating an alternative to another subreddit (usually from the "posts only" alternative to a larger sub that allows image posts, like r/games vs r/gaming).

richbell 3y ago
> I've seen heavy and light handed mods, but in either case, I've only ever seen mods that are thoughtful about the balance they have to strike between the two. The heavy-handed moderation isn't typically visible, which is intentional. You'd be surprised how many comments and submissions are silently removed, or how many users are explicitly or "shadow" banned (by automod, not site-wide) for simply posting in a subreddit one of the mods disagrees with. A lot of mods used things like MassTagger to bulk-remove "toxic" users. Someone in /r/subredditcancer created a transparent mod log project, but they were driven off the site by mods and admins.
PrimeMcFly 3y ago
You've never been permabanned just for disagreeing with someone you didn't realize was a mod? Well, it happens, more often than you might realize. It happens enough that there are entire subs devoted to complaining about it, but not so often most of reddit is unusable or affected.
- delecti 3y ago
  No, I have never been banned from any subreddit in my account's nearly 15 year history. Likewise I can't remember any comment or posts being removed, except for automoderated reasons (like a sub that auto-mods profanity, mentions of piracy, or has picky post format requirements). A lot of these examples are suspiciously lacking in precision. Exactly what kinds of things are you disagreeing with mods about that got you in trouble? Posting in exactly which subreddits got you banned from others?
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    You wouldn't be aware of any comments or posts removed unless automod or a moderator specifically notifies you. They still appear to you as normal, but show as 'removed' to anyone else. I disagreed with a mod in a city subreddit about the best cinema, and was banned for doing so. Didn't insult them, just a difference of opinion. Just for example. This is a pretty common thing which is why there are entire subs dedicated to documenting the behavior.

richbell 3y ago

> I've seen heavy and light handed mods, but in either case, I've only ever seen mods that are thoughtful about the balance they have to strike between the two. The heavy-handed moderation isn't typically visible, which is intentional. You'd be surprised how many comments and submissions are silently removed, or how many users are explicitly or "shadow" banned (by automod, not site-wide) for simply posting in a subreddit one of the mods disagrees with. A lot of mods used things like MassTagger to bulk-remove "toxic" users. Someone in /r/subredditcancer created a transparent mod log project, but they were driven off the site by mods and admins.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

You've never been permabanned just for disagreeing with someone you didn't realize was a mod? Well, it happens, more often than you might realize. It happens enough that there are entire subs devoted to complaining about it, but not so often most of reddit is unusable or affected.

delecti 3y ago
No, I have never been banned from any subreddit in my account's nearly 15 year history. Likewise I can't remember any comment or posts being removed, except for automoderated reasons (like a sub that auto-mods profanity, mentions of piracy, or has picky post format requirements). A lot of these examples are suspiciously lacking in precision. Exactly what kinds of things are you disagreeing with mods about that got you in trouble? Posting in exactly which subreddits got you banned from others?
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  You wouldn't be aware of any comments or posts removed unless automod or a moderator specifically notifies you. They still appear to you as normal, but show as 'removed' to anyone else. I disagreed with a mod in a city subreddit about the best cinema, and was banned for doing so. Didn't insult them, just a difference of opinion. Just for example. This is a pretty common thing which is why there are entire subs dedicated to documenting the behavior.