On a discussion about a revolution in Canada I merely suggested that there are no resources to protect the rich in the event of a revolution breaking out.
I even went on to explain I can’t even kill ants though so count me out.
Perma banned for inciting violence, appeal gives you 100 characters to explain so I won’t bother. How do you appeal a site wide ban in one sentence?
12 years of contributing to IT communities and it’s all gone, that’s what I’m upset about.
Whoever enforces rules in Reddit has the same basic reading comprehension of a potato that has been hit multiple times with a hoe, and then left to rot under the Summer heat. In fact I bet “being functionally illiterate” is a requirement to work for Reddit, just like “lacking dignity” is to be a moderator there nowadays.
I legit got banned for 3 days site wide from Reddit because my comment included “10.0.1.35” which is a private network address that only exists in your network, not on the internet.
Messages from Reddit
I wonder if they did a deep dive through my comments and saw more they didn’t like. It just doesn’t make sense given the flagged comment alone
What I’m going to say is just a hypothesis from my part. It might be bollocks. But.
For a long time I’ve suspected that Reddit runs some sort of algorithm to predict the profitability of each user, based on factors like
- platform used (desktop vs. mobile)
- running / not running an ad blocker
- if not running an ad blocker, clicking on ads or not
- likelihood of that user to buy Reddit junk (e.g. the “coins” of the past)
- likelihood of that user to attract newer users
- etc.
and then the output of that algorithm is taken into account when handling rule violation. As in: you can go rogue and they’ll give you a short ban if you’re deemed profitable, or a small offence will give you a permaban if unprofitable.
With that said I don’t think that they manually review your earlier posts/comments before enforcing the rules.
Yeah I exclusively used reddit through firefox on android with script blocker and adblocker. Never spent a dime on reddit. This explains a lot if true
I used reddit on desktop, didnt have an ad blocker, ocassionally clicked on ads (usually by mistake), and bought a shitload of coins. I also contributed a lot of content that people found helpful. Didnt stop me getting perma banned for reasons that I still dont understand.
I really dont think there is any algorithm or any logic or rationale behind the ban process at all, its almost completely aritrary
Banned from a sinking ship.
Glad to have you.
Lemmy isn’t one platform so you can’t judge it as a whole the way you judge Reddit. Don’t like the servers you’re currently on? Then host one of your own and moderate it better.
Lemmy definitely has a better decentralized design model than corporate controlled Reddit ever could.
Banned from Reddit site wide ? That’s crazy
I got permabanned for anti-Semitism for stating that if Jesus Christ came back today, Republicans would have him crucified, like the Pharisees did.
Reddit being reddit: Their report system is easily gamed and regularly abused.
