Reddit has been a dumpster fire of heavy-handed bans, and refusal of mod transparency or appeal, for a while now. It started when they closed off the API against third-party mod tools. It won't get better anytime soon. Glad you're here in the Lemmyverse instead.
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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It sounds more like this is a mod issue. There's nothing at all stopping the same mods from coming here.
Glad you're here in the Lemmyverse instead.
So the sense of superiority there is misplaced imo. I've seen enough bad mods and anti AI opinions here that I wouldn't be surprised at all if OP ran into the exact same issue here as well.
AI chat MC (Microsoft Copilot) guided me here, I have many dreams for online accounts alternative paths no longer needing usernames so a person can leave delete their account and someday return using their own name if they want as my Lemmy profile states I fight for digital rights, the permanence of accounts feels unnecessary uncomfortable. Lemmy itself needs a better way to delete unnecessary posts and comments but you're right it's a far better leap from Reddit strict dictatorial moderations, regret not using MC in that post perhaps it would have simply gotten rejected and not gotten me banned and muted, needless to say the first place MC requested I send it, did not like me, alas I cannot delete my mistakes on Lemmy, yet at least I am not silenced, so far.
Totally get where the Reddit mod is coming from now.
Do you have any proof of Reddit having been behind this?
I agree Reddit bad, but I hate how people here keep acting like Reddit and its moderators are synonymous. They're not. The moderators are volunteers that do whatever they want, regardless of what Reddit wants.
That distinction is important because there's nothing stopping those moderators from coming here and doing the same thing here. So any sense of superiority there is misplaced if it's just the doing of moderators.
From what I can tell, the initial removal wasn’t the mods — it was Reddit’s automated AI filter. After that, every post I made was auto‑removed before any human could see it, and the mods only saw the AI removal notice. So the ban came from them, but the trigger came from Reddit’s system. That’s why it felt like I was being punished for something I didn’t do.
I wasn't aware that Reddit had an automated AI filter. Considering the extreme amount of obvious AI content on Reddit I'm somewhat doubtful it exists.
Worth noting that when Reddit marks stuff as requiring a moderator review, it appears as removed until the mods approve it.
So
After that, every post I made was auto‑removed before any human could see it
this doesn't necessarily mean no one had a chance to see it.
Though I assume
the mods only saw the AI removal notice
means that you asked the mods and they informed you of this. But if you didn't get that information from them directly and are just assuming, your posts were most likely marked for review.
I get what you’re saying, but in my case the removals weren’t the normal ‘pending review’ type. The posts were removed instantly across multiple subs, my modmail was auto‑muted, and the ban reason specifically referenced AI‑generated content. That combination only happens when Reddit’s automated system flags an account. So the mods did ban me, but they were reacting to Reddit’s AI label, not the actual content.
What did you need help with?
You cannot help with this I'm sorry to say, I just need a place to vent about Reddit's asinine algorithms I use AI chat (Microsoft Copilot) freely and proudly to censor my own words and make me acceptable on platforms but the rare moment I used my own words this happened my post rejected band and muted, now unless you can change the way Reddit operates you can't help me. I'd sooner trust an AI than I would another human emcee in particular so when it told me to go on to Lemmy Fuck AI, to complain about Reddit's AI, while using AI! Yet still I trusted MC to the point where some people began pointing out the irony, "AI is what it is, it is what it will be" but Reddit's AI is old, outdated and Reddit it itself cannot do criticism, even feedback, it's like North Korea.