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Related: mods in general have way too much power in communities like SA and Reddit. They apply bans mostly based on their personal biases. For example on Reddit

Related: mods in general have way too much power in communities like SA and Reddit. They apply bans mostly based on their personal biases. For example on Reddit all sorts of current topics from the Russia Ukraine war to trans to protests can get users banned in various subreddits, if you aren’t aligned to the echo chamber views of that subreddit. Worse, there are bots that will monitor comments or subscriptions and ban you for participating in some subreddits.

jokoon 2y ago
I am still bitter for getting banned from my EU country subreddit, for saying hamas dresses as civilians. This is a sign that if Reddit dies, it will probably be because of the mods. This is becoming so bad, that admins added rules that prohibits subreddits to have discussion about the moderation of another subreddit.
antisthenes 2y ago
Reddit mods are not like the moderators of old, who usually had good judgment.
davewritescode 2y ago
The Tesla subreddit collective proactively bans people who comment in any sub-Reddit they don’t like. I dropped a drive by comment on a subreddit that was Tesla related but apparently had the wrong opinion so I was banned from a number of other subreddits unless I deleted my post and apologized.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
for SA, no one's really stopping them. This is a site who's old owner banned furries because he didn't like furries. That's just the realities of Malicious Dictator for Life. Reddit is the core opposite. They have a few rules regarding legality mitigation and very much do care if the largest subreddits try to change the culture. But otherwise, they really do not care about the prattle of the intersub politics (you know, until they conspire and make things hard for admins). Reddit is first come, first served, mods are based on seniority (no matter how long they leave their sub), and the dismissal to any disagreement is "make your own subreddit". There are easy ways to mitigate this, but no financial incentive to do so unless they are breaking site rules (or extremely rare cases when a "head mod" tries to destroy a subreddit. like the r/wow fiasco from some 14 years ago) >Worse, there are bots that will monitor comments or subscriptions and ban you for participating in some subreddits. definitely one of the breaking points for me. I do not believe a mod's moderation should apply to what other activity you participate in outside of their subreddits. nor should a supermod ban you from 20 subs due to a disagreement in 1. But it hasn't hit that critical mass for reddit to care yet (i.e. a big enough mod hasn't gone rogue and threaten Reddit's money).

jokoon 2y ago

I am still bitter for getting banned from my EU country subreddit, for saying hamas dresses as civilians. This is a sign that if Reddit dies, it will probably be because of the mods. This is becoming so bad, that admins added rules that prohibits subreddits to have discussion about the moderation of another subreddit.

antisthenes 2y ago

Reddit mods are not like the moderators of old, who usually had good judgment.

davewritescode 2y ago

The Tesla subreddit collective proactively bans people who comment in any sub-Reddit they don’t like. I dropped a drive by comment on a subreddit that was Tesla related but apparently had the wrong opinion so I was banned from a number of other subreddits unless I deleted my post and apologized.

johnnyanmac 2y ago

for SA, no one's really stopping them. This is a site who's old owner banned furries because he didn't like furries. That's just the realities of Malicious Dictator for Life. Reddit is the core opposite. They have a few rules regarding legality mitigation and very much do care if the largest subreddits try to change the culture. But otherwise, they really do not care about the prattle of the intersub politics (you know, until they conspire and make things hard for admins). Reddit is first come, first served, mods are based on seniority (no matter how long they leave their sub), and the dismissal to any disagreement is "make your own subreddit". There are easy ways to mitigate this, but no financial incentive to do so unless they are breaking site rules (or extremely rare cases when a "head mod" tries to destroy a subreddit. like the r/wow fiasco from some 14 years ago) >Worse, there are bots that will monitor comments or subscriptions and ban you for participating in some subreddits. definitely one of the breaking points for me. I do not believe a mod's moderation should apply to what other activity you participate in outside of their subreddits. nor should a supermod ban you from 20 subs due to a disagreement in 1. But it hasn't hit that critical mass for reddit to care yet (i.e. a big enough mod hasn't gone rogue and threaten Reddit's money).