For the first time today, I came very close to deleting my Reddit account.

If I'm not allowed to appeal a mod decision without getting suspended for three days for harassment (before you ask, I appealed, and the decision was somehow upheld), then it's only a matter of time before I get banned for life, anyway. So what's the point of trying?

What's the point of doing anything?

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TryingtoLava

I got permabanned from reddit like ME of all peeps cuz r/crazyfu*kingvideos had a vid of a mom teaching their kid like 6 years old a lesson in getting bad grades by throwing her tied up onto the hot tin roof in the summer so i said how bout they do the same to the mom when the sun rises cuz i was SO upset and crying! Boom like 20 mins later. Not even 3 day warning or ban from sub just your account is banned :| idc thou i just cant comment or vote on polls but who needs to interact with um aneway

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@TryingtoLava Promoting violence, sounds like. They just have no tolerance there. No possibility for appeal.

Why is it so hard to find a good balance? Places are either over moderated by ❄️s who ban you for 3 days for trying to appeal the ban, or they get overrun with Nazis and such, with very few exceptions.

TryingtoLava

@LordShadowfire well yaaaa i was promoting violence hahah i didnt ACTUALLY want it to happen but seeing a 6 year old tied up screaming cuz of GRADES broke my heart

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@TryingtoLava Of course you didn't actually want it to happen. You were using hyperbole. What you were really asking is how the mom would like it if it was done to her. These people have no sense of subtlety. Concrete thinking, is what it is. People like that have no business moderating.

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@TryingtoLava Yep. It's time for an adjustment at the top.

ElwoodBlues · M

@LordShadowfire I've never been a reddit member, but from occasional browsing, I've come to the conclusion that subreddits almost always evolve to become echo chambers. So if the mods guess that a member might have different opinions than the mod group, that member gets banned on one excuse or another. The only fix would be to form your own sub and become your own mod, but that would be way way too exhausting. And you'd probably find yourself invaded by trolls who would take over your sub unless you banned them.

And, not to excuse the mods who banned you guys, but they probably have some repeat trolls who are always making new accounts and trying to get back in and troll some more, so banning becomes an easy reflex. Social media is fundamentally flawed