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I'm always so curious what subreddits all the people on here who seem to feel like they're engaged in some war against the man are getting banned from. I was mo

I'm always so curious what subreddits all the people on here who seem to feel like they're engaged in some war against the man are getting banned from. I was mostly using reddit for talking about like... coffee and cocktails and architecture and a couple video games. There weren't pages of deleted comments or ongoing flamewars, it was mostly people just chatting about their common hobbies. I'm not unaware that there are other subreddits with more controversial stuff, but this sort of comment just feels like people claiming that everyone else is a sheep if they haven't been kicked out of a grocery store or a public park. I'm really curious what percentage of reddit's MAUs are folks who are experiencing which sort of subreddits mostly.

BoxFour 3y ago
The reason behind their ban tends to be banal, as it typically aligns with what you would expect: Vaccine denialism, and so on, almost always intruding into an unrelated discussion. The effectiveness of proper moderation is what largely keeps it from catching your attention.
- mcpackieh 3y ago
  The implication that anybody who's been banned from a subreddit is probably an antivaxxer or some other form of cretin, cute. In reality, reddit has automod bots mass banning countless thousands of accounts without consideration for their position, simply because of where they said a thing and not the thing that was said. And you can even catch bans for criticizing this because the mods employ the same pattern you have; anybody criticizing their capricious moderation must surely be a terrible cretin!
  - BoxFour 3y ago
    Ah I see rarely is it the case that they uttered regrettable or abhorrent remarks; the outcome always stems from either a conspiracy or an authoritarian moderator reveling in their power.
    - mcpackieh 3y ago
      Are the automod bots a conspiracy? Conspiracy.. that's a new word that means any crazy obviously false theory right? If I insinuate that somebody is a conspiracy theorist, that proves they are wrong of course.
      - BoxFour 3y ago
        You should definitely continue yelling into the void about this.
        mcpackieh 3y ago
        Reverse psychology, that's a neat trick.
  - noirbot 3y ago
    Would you like to give an actual example of a subreddit you're banned from because you were posting in some other subreddit? Or evidence that that's happening to the average reddit user? I certainly believe it happens, but the times I've heard it come up was generally because of brigading and harassment from one subreddit towards another, which certainly sweeps up some folks who just happened to be posting on both, but feels reasonable enough, situation depending.

BoxFour 3y ago

The reason behind their ban tends to be banal, as it typically aligns with what you would expect: Vaccine denialism, and so on, almost always intruding into an unrelated discussion. The effectiveness of proper moderation is what largely keeps it from catching your attention.

mcpackieh 3y ago
The implication that anybody who's been banned from a subreddit is probably an antivaxxer or some other form of cretin, cute. In reality, reddit has automod bots mass banning countless thousands of accounts without consideration for their position, simply because of where they said a thing and not the thing that was said. And you can even catch bans for criticizing this because the mods employ the same pattern you have; anybody criticizing their capricious moderation must surely be a terrible cretin!
- BoxFour 3y ago
  Ah I see rarely is it the case that they uttered regrettable or abhorrent remarks; the outcome always stems from either a conspiracy or an authoritarian moderator reveling in their power.
  - mcpackieh 3y ago
    Are the automod bots a conspiracy? Conspiracy.. that's a new word that means any crazy obviously false theory right? If I insinuate that somebody is a conspiracy theorist, that proves they are wrong of course.
    - BoxFour 3y ago
      You should definitely continue yelling into the void about this.
      - mcpackieh 3y ago
        Reverse psychology, that's a neat trick.
- noirbot 3y ago
  Would you like to give an actual example of a subreddit you're banned from because you were posting in some other subreddit? Or evidence that that's happening to the average reddit user? I certainly believe it happens, but the times I've heard it come up was generally because of brigading and harassment from one subreddit towards another, which certainly sweeps up some folks who just happened to be posting on both, but feels reasonable enough, situation depending.