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One of the absolute best features of lemmy is that everyone is simply allowed to post. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world
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automod filters made reddit an absolute nightmare. pouring my heart out on the depression sub and getting it removed because it didn't have 300 characters or it was image post saturday or god knows what. you basically just don't get to post on any sizable sub

before it was at least a lottery! post, see if people will like it! but now you can't even get a post through!

there are 50 automod filters on everything, forbidden words or topics, perfectly good questions cast away to megathreads no one reads!

it's a dire, awful landscape, and really terrible user experience, having something on your chest and wanting to post, but oh hey this won't be posted until our 'mod team' 'reviews' it. isn't that what voting is for? please stop treating me like a spambot or troll by default!

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Your post has been removed for violating the following rules:

  • Your post title must contain a location (e.g. [Kansas, USA])

  • Image posting is not allowed on Free Talk Friday

  • Your post contains a common topic–post it in our weekly Common Topics thread

  • Your post must contain at least one lowercase letter, one capital letter, one number, and one special character (excluding underscores and spaces)

  • Your post cannot contain any dictionary words or common names

I'm gonna go through my old reddit messages and see what subreddits I've been banned from and why

You've been banned from /r/GamingCircleJerk not for breaking any rules, but for making a joke one of our mods doesn't like (I said "kill me now please" in response to journalists showing footage of actual literal Russian soldiers being actually literally killed, describing said footage as "Call Of Duty style")

You've been banned from /r/JusticeServed for pointing out that Donald Trump got vaccinated in /r/Conservative

You've been banned from /r/LateStageCapitalism for arguing with conservatives in a variety of subreddits

You've been banned from /r/WitchesVsPatriarchy for arguing with libertarians in /r/PoliticalCompassMemes. You may appeal this ban.

In your appeal, you must:

  1. Explain your participation in a subreddit that promulgates hate speech and brigades other subreddits
  1. Explain why you feel you should be unbanned
  1. Explain your feelings on the Patriarchy.
  1. Your appeal must contain the words "Formal Ban Appeal", otherwise it will not be considered

Appeals submitted without these four elements will not be considered.

^(Actual real text from the /r/WitchesVsPatriarchy mod team)

I'm ashamed of how many of these bans I tried to appeal instead of just logging into my alternate account to evade them

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

instead of just logging into my alternate account to evade them

Just unsubscribe the community and go participate on some other.

It's not worthwhile to engage with people that behave like this. And the mods of large subredits were always forced to behave like this, so it was never worthwhile to participate in any large one.

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just have to say, your punctuation and grammar are immaculate.

Are you some kind of mod or English professor?

Perfect formatting, 5/7.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Now try it with rice.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just made new accounts constantly on Reddit because they'd ban you for basically nothing from a ton of the major subreddits. Aquire a few bans, nuke account and start over was how I interacted with the platform recently.

I had my original account for years before I got a single ban. I think the moderation teams just got overtaxed and started throwing down the ban hammer for about anything. Plenty of bans just for saying something whoever reviewed it didn't agree with. Have to love enforcing an echo chamber and killing all discussion.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Same, which also meant I was unable to participate in many places because of ridiculous karma requirements.