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It seems like you just confirmed my original comment. Thanks. If you think the average person that gets banned in a sub is some sort of freedom fighting martyr

It seems like you just confirmed my original comment. Thanks. If you think the average person that gets banned in a sub is some sort of freedom fighting martyr, then you frankly don't really know much about the subject.

mcpackieh 3y ago
I am not Aleklart, so I cannot logically confirm anything about Aleklart's history on reddit. > If you think the average person that gets banned in a sub is some sort of freedom fighting martyr, I'm saying that average people get banned from subreddits all the time for completely innocuous remarks. Never getting banned isn't a badge of honor, all it shows is that you're skillful at never stepping on the toes of mods despite the capricious nature of reddit's moderation. That's nothing to be proud of.
- deeviant 3y ago
  > I'm saying that average people get banned from subreddits all the time for completely innocuous remarks. I'm am saying my past 14 years on reddit do not confirm your statement. Sure if you go to r/conservative and say something blue, you get insta-banned, because they do indeed hate free speech there, but this type of situation is the vast majority of "innocuous remarks getting somebody banned" : not understanding the subreddit. > Never getting banned isn't a badge of honor I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up, because nobody said it was, a straw man.
  - mcpackieh 3y ago
    If you go to a red subreddit and say something blue, it isn't surprising that you'll be banned from the red subreddit. But you're also likely to be banned from the blue subreddits as well, and even gray subreddits that have no overt political affiliation, simply because you associated with the red. Despite not being a radical, you can catch bans simply for arguing with radicals. This is what I mean when I say that regular people frequently catch capricious bans on reddit. > I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up, because nobody said it was I bring this up because I am responding to your attempt to shame Aleklart, with the implication that he did something worthy of getting himself banned: > Your post really comes off as if you are sore about being banned from some sub. Suppose he did get banned, does that imply he did something to deserve getting banned? No. Because reddit bans are frequently capricious. And if he was banned for no good reason, is it shameful that he was banned? No. And if you never get banned for capricious reasons, is that meritorious? Also, no. Quite the contrary in fact.
- noirbot 3y ago
  Legitimately curious - do you have any evidence that the average reddit account is banned from multiple subreddits all the time? I've had multiple accounts I've been using for years with hundreds of posts/comments and as far as I know I've never been banned anywhere, and it's not like I haven't gotten into arguments or put forward opinions. I've had posts deleted, but always because I hadn't formatted it properly or followed some rule, but even that didn't lead to a ban.

mcpackieh 3y ago

I am not Aleklart, so I cannot logically confirm anything about Aleklart's history on reddit. > If you think the average person that gets banned in a sub is some sort of freedom fighting martyr, I'm saying that average people get banned from subreddits all the time for completely innocuous remarks. Never getting banned isn't a badge of honor, all it shows is that you're skillful at never stepping on the toes of mods despite the capricious nature of reddit's moderation. That's nothing to be proud of.

deeviant 3y ago
> I'm saying that average people get banned from subreddits all the time for completely innocuous remarks. I'm am saying my past 14 years on reddit do not confirm your statement. Sure if you go to r/conservative and say something blue, you get insta-banned, because they do indeed hate free speech there, but this type of situation is the vast majority of "innocuous remarks getting somebody banned" : not understanding the subreddit. > Never getting banned isn't a badge of honor I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up, because nobody said it was, a straw man.
- mcpackieh 3y ago
  If you go to a red subreddit and say something blue, it isn't surprising that you'll be banned from the red subreddit. But you're also likely to be banned from the blue subreddits as well, and even gray subreddits that have no overt political affiliation, simply because you associated with the red. Despite not being a radical, you can catch bans simply for arguing with radicals. This is what I mean when I say that regular people frequently catch capricious bans on reddit. > I'm not sure why you keep bringing this up, because nobody said it was I bring this up because I am responding to your attempt to shame Aleklart, with the implication that he did something worthy of getting himself banned: > Your post really comes off as if you are sore about being banned from some sub. Suppose he did get banned, does that imply he did something to deserve getting banned? No. Because reddit bans are frequently capricious. And if he was banned for no good reason, is it shameful that he was banned? No. And if you never get banned for capricious reasons, is that meritorious? Also, no. Quite the contrary in fact.
noirbot 3y ago
Legitimately curious - do you have any evidence that the average reddit account is banned from multiple subreddits all the time? I've had multiple accounts I've been using for years with hundreds of posts/comments and as far as I know I've never been banned anywhere, and it's not like I haven't gotten into arguments or put forward opinions. I've had posts deleted, but always because I hadn't formatted it properly or followed some rule, but even that didn't lead to a ban.