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Reddit will delete anything remotely controversial if it contains referenced facts. They banned and deleted my account for simply stating the 5th amendment pro

Reddit will delete anything remotely controversial if it contains referenced facts. They banned and deleted my account for simply stating the 5th amendment prohibits requiring incriminating yourself to exercise a right. An Ivy League educated lawyer dug up the comment one year after I posted it, told reddit I was distributing illegal legal advice, and had my whole account nuked.

Rebelgecko 2mo ago
Which lawyer?
stevenwoo 2mo ago
I got suspended for criticizing the state of Israel’s treatment of civilians in occupied territories, but they didn’t delete my account, though I stopped logging in after a week. (Logging in retains your subscriptions). I've seen plenty of similar comments to mine so I assume it was the work of some oddball who I responded to that has an connection to somebody who works there so they could pull some strings to suspend my account.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  It isn't safe to criticise Israel on nearly any online platform. You should only ever do it with a throwaway account and a VPN, and Reddit bans VPNs.
  - user43928 2mo ago
    At the same time Reddit was hosting Arabic speaking subreddits with communities that openly support terrorist groups. Considering that some of the content may well be illegal in a few EU countries, I was surprised Reddit does not more proactively nuke it to protect themselves.
- pndy 2mo ago
  > Logging in retains your subscriptions I'm sorry, is that something that happen recently? Because when I had an account there, subscriptions were permanent
  - stevenwoo 2mo ago
    What I meant was I was permanently banned so I can still login and get notifications of responses to my commments, just could not vote or change any of my subscriptions.
markdown 2mo ago
Nah, it's rare to see [deleted]. More common is seeing "tumble cup and he ran flew tree" due to users using anonymizing apps to remove their old data.
dredmorbius 2mo ago
Reddit users also very frequently delete accounts and/or content.
- retired 2mo ago
  After a shadow ban none of my old comments were visible anywhere on Reddit. So I deleted all my content. If people can’t view my content, why have it online?
hparadiz 2mo ago
My real name account got banned for quoting something someone else said. Pretty hilarious in hindsight.

Rebelgecko 2mo ago

Which lawyer?

stevenwoo 2mo ago

I got suspended for criticizing the state of Israel’s treatment of civilians in occupied territories, but they didn’t delete my account, though I stopped logging in after a week. (Logging in retains your subscriptions). I've seen plenty of similar comments to mine so I assume it was the work of some oddball who I responded to that has an connection to somebody who works there so they could pull some strings to suspend my account.

inigyou 2mo ago
It isn't safe to criticise Israel on nearly any online platform. You should only ever do it with a throwaway account and a VPN, and Reddit bans VPNs.
- user43928 2mo ago
  At the same time Reddit was hosting Arabic speaking subreddits with communities that openly support terrorist groups. Considering that some of the content may well be illegal in a few EU countries, I was surprised Reddit does not more proactively nuke it to protect themselves.
pndy 2mo ago
> Logging in retains your subscriptions I'm sorry, is that something that happen recently? Because when I had an account there, subscriptions were permanent
- stevenwoo 2mo ago
  What I meant was I was permanently banned so I can still login and get notifications of responses to my commments, just could not vote or change any of my subscriptions.

markdown 2mo ago

Nah, it's rare to see [deleted]. More common is seeing "tumble cup and he ran flew tree" due to users using anonymizing apps to remove their old data.

dredmorbius 2mo ago

Reddit users also very frequently delete accounts and/or content.

retired 2mo ago
After a shadow ban none of my old comments were visible anywhere on Reddit. So I deleted all my content. If people can’t view my content, why have it online?

hparadiz 2mo ago

My real name account got banned for quoting something someone else said. Pretty hilarious in hindsight.