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> roughly 50% of time I hit the front-page my posts are taken down An unanchored percentage doesn't give much information. How many posts have you had taken do

• breck 3y ago
  Good questions. > How many posts have you had taken down for dubious reasons? Just checking my main account, of my top 5 posts of all time, 3 were taken down for dubious reasons. Sometimes posts get modded fast, but that doesn't bother me much because often the mistake is mine. It's only when something proves popular with the masses and then the mods nix it that it feels wrong. > Were they all from the same mod(s)? 1 is from /gifs and 2 from /todayILearned. I have not had as much of a problem with smaller subreddits or more narrow technically focused subreddits. > Were they controversial to neutral(ish) third-parties? No. All had upvote percentages well above 90%, and were taken down after hitting the front page. If anything I would say they were all inspirational. Minor grievances in the big scheme of things, but in general was very annoying, as though it's ultimately trivial, it's very fun to hit the front page and feels cruel when you hit that and mods snatch it away from you anonymously. Makes me wonder if social media is just an illusion of meritocracy.