> There are so many different rules to follow. Just posting something in a random sub comes with a 50/50 chance of your post getting removed or shadow-banned.

> There are so many different rules to follow. Just posting something in a random sub comes with a 50/50 chance of your post getting removed or shadow-banned. Reddit has god awful UX/I and makes moderation very difficult. They could help themselves with very simple features like post templates and flows, but instead, every semi-popular subreddit faces a daily onslaught of low effort users posting repetitious garbage. Users will feel frustrated by seeing the garbage, but also launch into righteous complaints about mods if they're moderated. They also make it clear that a post is being held for moderation and then encourage the user to message the moderators directly, so now you have low effort, high volume, and a guaranteed sense of immediate opposition. The real takeaway for me is that at this point, Reddit is popular because it's popular, not because it deserves anything.