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Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit
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this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2026
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And why is that happened?
Because Reddit sucks.
Toxic; also mean.
They asked a reasonable question and you seem fit to spew hate.
My gender-non-specific human, why do you insist on calling every single person here shitty for calling out BS reddit tactics?
Are you in love with their CEO or something? It's a little weird.
Spez found lemmy! Everybody, scatter!
He'll never find me here.
"Don't mind me, I'm just an ordinary yurtain minding my own business behind this curtain... carry on..."
No, but they asked a reasonable question and got a blanket attack on reddit that disregarded their question entirely. I don't particularly care for Sargent Child Abuser or whoever owns reddit right now.
But the people that chose to stay still deserve to be treated fairly.
Is it “hate” to think a platform sucks?
If brought up in this context it can be.
They asked a clarifying question which was dismissed with that. Implying you must not like reddit and ignore it's motives for it is unworthy.
Fuck Reddit.
Sorry if that hurts your feelings.
It didn't.
Then I'm glad =)
Hi, i'm Gladaed.
Been waiting for that one a WHILE. Note that that isn't the reason I choose that name.
I imagine the site’s bot-detectors had a false positive (imagine that!). McCartney’s account had only posted once before and then remained dormant for a number of years. Suddenly, the account woke up again and surely must have gained an unusually rapid number of upvotes due to the celebrity status and the fandom subreddit. Looking at this data without any context, white-listing of accounts, or human eyes, this could potentially trigger their automated ban system. Additionally/alternatively, sharing Dropbox links seems to be an unspoken no-no on the site?
Victoria would have made sure he was whitelisted.
Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time.
A long time.
A moderator cannot BAN your account. They can ban you from posting on their subreddit, and can, often baselessly, get you reported to admins (who 100% of the time side with the moderators), usually flagging any kind of modmail conduct as "threatening or harassment".
I've literally got a warning because I dared to ask a mod why they banned me - their response being a 30 day mute and a report to the admins about "Hey! I was wondering why you banned me, as I don't think my comment broke any of the rules of the sub or Reddit" being threatening, and harassment....
*28 day mute :)
I've been temp banned from Reddit multiple times now, for simply opposing genocide & war on behalf of Israel. People getting banned from Reddit should be seen as a badge of honor & means they're likely doing something right.
Can confirm, got permbanned for clowning on Nazis. It is a badge of honor to wear with pride.
Queue nazi-sympathizers showing up to say "yOu CaN't JuSt CaLl AnYoNe YoU dIsAgReE wItH a NaZi!!1!1"
My brother in christ, the dude was wearing a red armband with a swastika and doing nazi salutes...
At least they're politely lining up to do it.
Oh sorry, I meant cue... I always get those mixed up...
I got a 3 day ban for suggesting Venezualans "return the favor" on Trump.
Not if the Iranians return their favour first...
Same
Because public-facing online spaces are underregulated.
Under... what? Those "places" crossed fascism line a decade ago. Marasmus line a few years ago. What additional regulation do you want? VIN number of the user's ass?
Marasmus line?
Can a restaurant send you out for discussing something the owner doesn't like? Not here at least (as long as you aren't bothering other customers / respecting the house rules).
A restaurant owner can kick you out for not liking your colors. They rarely do because it's bad for business.
Consumer protection in your place sucks.
Consumer protection here kicks in after you paid for something, until then you're just a visitor
The oldest rule of this restaurant: do not discuss whatever the owner dislikes.
Next rule: respect the house rules.
Also a rather old rule: we will send you out for disrespecting the house rules.
New rule: no boiled carrots in any dish!
They are, but that probably isn't the issue here.