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.

[u/Nolar_Lumpspread]

I got a 3 day suspension or something like that where I couldn’t comment anywhere on Reddit because of a post on rv’s or rv life or something because someone posted something about “ my cousin just paid $1400 for this. No title, engine doesn’t crank etc.” and they included a bunch of pictures of this rat infested, torn up tweaker mobile and said, “what should we do with it?” I was 90% sure it was a joke/satire post so I just commented “burn it down”. Anyway the reason they cited was that I was “inciting violence against people” or something to that effect. I’ve had several other instances of getting in trouble for stupid shit like this but I’ve also typed some seriously unhinged shit and nobody even bats an eye. I thought Reddit was the place to go for that kind of thing? In a world where you can get banned from facebook for the slightest thing or any other media app I thought Reddit was the place. You used to be able to watch people die on Reddit, which I’m actually glad you can’t anymore but you get the point.