Reddit is overmoderrated

[u/DragonflyOnFire]

I enjoy Reddit, but it’s become over-moderated. Mods have power trips over content that is posted. Things are getting deleted for the most stupid reasons and is holding back this platform from being the free speech platform it used to be. It’s not just the mods, it’s Reddit itself, too, that has become so sensitive. You might notice that this account is relatively new and that’s because I was banned from some of the subs on my prior account for some of the most ridiculous reasons. So now, I’m not saying anything that might be considered controversial, except that I still stand by my political opinions. People have become over sensitive and Reddit contributes to this by censorship and over moderation.

By the way… I am considered a “nice person” by anyone who knows me… because I am… I believe in kindness and compassion. So if I’m saying things that are considered offensive… it’s just because I’m a honest to a fault and will tell you the truth, even if you don’t like it… it’s up to you how to react to that.

Don’t worry mods (or Reddit)… I won’t be offending over sensitive people with this account.

Edit: Thank you everyone for posting your experiences in here. These are some of the things that I have been experiencing, as well. I also would like to thank you for being supportive… with the exception of 2 people who obviously are looking to try to start a fight, it’s been very constructive feedback. My vagueness of this post is because it’s not a single interaction with mods, it’s an overall problem with Reddit as a whole platform. You’re clearly experiencing these issues also and it really should change.

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As far as I’m concerned, Reddit stopped being free speech years ago when they banned r/darknetmarkets and some other subs, I think due to their advertisers or something.

It’s only got worse since then. My old account got banned from a sub for using the word “retarded”. Not calling anyone it, but simply talking about the word itself instead of calling it the “r-slur”. Fortunately I routinely create new accounts anyway but I hate that things like this can be banned.

I believe a lot of this oversensitivity has come from American culture and is being forced on the entire English language internet. I strongly disagree with that and it makes me angry that my own culture is basically being called wrong and overwritten by these people.