This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Got banned from some subs once because the editing software I was using to sanitize and delete my account hadn't yet removed an edited comment.
Mod quoted it. Sent it to me and said this makes no sense. Banned.
The comment being edited was 4 years old.
Lmfao
Idiot mods gonna idiot.
It's always interesting to see people commenting who don't understand how reddit works. Which is fair - you can have an opinion. But knowing how it works makes a difference in how seriously I can take your opinion.
Mods on reddit cannot do a sitewide ban. They can ban you from one or more subreddits they moderate.
Admins do sitewide bans, which is what's happened here, since you can see the profile has been banned.
And these days, with reddit's shitty AI moderation, it probably means a ban done by AI.
Because this is not a normal person, someone will probably take a look at it and overturn it.
If you're a regular joe, however, them taking a look at it even if you appeal is pretty damned rare. And as some have mentioned - things that trigger AI as a "threat of violence" that a normal human would easily see are not - doesn't matter, AI bans. You get a warning, 24-hour, 3-day, 10-day, 30-day, then permanent. Unless there's something that accellerates that.
As much as many people manage to survive without saying things AI picks up on, it's damn easy to get unjustly banned, and it's only gotten worse and worse over time.
Anyone in this thread talking about bans from mods is technically offtopic, except that reddit itself is also the topic, so that's fine, but you should understand that a mod banning you is not similar to what happened here. :P
baul should've posted on beatlescirclejerk
Fuck with Paul at your peril. He'll write a song that will stay in the top 10 for weeks and weeks and the top 100 for years about your sorry ass (sorry John, you're still my favorite though).
You'll hear it everywhere you go....
So, in conclusion, Reddit banned McCartney for posting images from his own concert in his own subreddit? Wild...
Turns out it was copyright infringement! Who knew? /s
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I got banned from a bunch of Reddit subs for once telling someone they were wrong about the Yorkshire accent in the UK. They called me a liar about being British and then I got banned from like 30 places at once.
I got a "permanent suspension" from all of Reddit. Isn't a suspension temporary, wouldn't a permanent suspension just be a ban?
That tracks. You pissed off someone who had a connection with a mod and/or admin. Been there!
I got banned once for dunking on IG travel trends and the mod involved was dumb enough to PM me threatening me.
It's just pathetic how emotional and over reactive people saying crap on the internet they don't like. I don't agree with a lot of stuff but I see no reason to censor people for enjoying musicals or whatever else I hate.
I once got banned in a bunch of subs, including some I wasn't even in, because a mod didn't like a comment I made in a sub that wasn't even theirs. They just didn't like it, so they banned me in all the subs they modded. Fucking weirdos.
Reddit will ban you for even the mildest of takes. Their AI admin is draconian in metering out bans. The platform seems to really want to get rid of all of the pesky humans still there and just be a safe space for bots.
I honestly don't know how anyone stays on Reddit very long. They permaban people for ANYTHING these days. They abdicated their site to psychopathic, power-tripping mods.
Just for context, Ghislane Maxwell was a Reddit mod.
I was joking with a commenter, they said something like "oh, my mistake. Please don't kill me" and I replied "haha too late, I'm already coming at you with scissors!" and I got a suspension for threatening someone.
Weird how my reddit use went down by 99% after that. I still have the account, I keep thinking maybe I'll need it to ask a question or something... Probably wont. Might as well go delete it now lol
