• Gawdsausage@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    They banned my old reddit account because I reported fake news that was being posted on r/conservative. Apparently subreddit mods can report users who use the report tool and can just get you banned.

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      And then they say “if a user is breaking the rules, don’t engage, use the report button.”

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        Which is stupid. A mod can just ban you forever and call it a day. Where the Admins have fucked up is if you harass a mod via modmail, they can only mute you for I think 28 days max, before you can start harassing them again. So, instead of letting a mod simply mute you forever, they created the report bullshit.

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      I got permanently banned for pointing out that a popular sex advice subreddit was being run by a rapist…

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      They recently, meaning I don’t exactly know when it happened, gave mods the ability to report you for “Abuse of the report tool”. For the record, I’m a mod on some subreddits, and that’s an absurd thing to need. I’ve learned a few things about being a Reddit mod.

      1. It’s not nearly as hard as some mods make you think it is.
      2. If they actually experience difficulty, it’s probably cause they suck at being a mod.
      3. Subs that experience issues, are typically cess pools like r/conservative.
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      I got a warning for a similar thing. They can disagree with the report, but warning/banning users for it is insane