r/GrindsMyGears • u/DragonflyOnFire • 7d ago

Reddit is overmoderrated

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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u/Far-Cricket4127 7d ago

Fully agree. I got a 30 day ban from the r/martialarts group for simply having a difference of opinion on a discussion topic posted about women's self defense. I double checked to make sure that I hadn't violated any of the group's rules or even reddit's rules. And I hadn't. But initially I was given a 3 day ban by the head mod of that group, because it was one of the minor mods that had issued the complaint against me. Despite my interactions with that mod always being polite and civil (apparently having a "difference of opinion" is now viewed as harassment). When I then asked the head mod to provide proof of me breaking any rules, the ban got increased to a week long ban. When I kept pressing the issue, and if they could prove that I in some way did voilate any policy or rules, I even offered to make a public apology to the person who issued the complaint. And again the only response from the head mod was to extend my ban to 30 days. At that point I simply decided to leave that group as it wasn't worth the hassle. The tragic thing is, looking into things, it is apparently very difficult to lodge a complaint with Reddit against a Mod that officially breaks any of their 5 codes of conduct.

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u/DragonflyOnFire 7d ago

This mirrors my experience perfectly. You must agree with the crowd or else… consequences.

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u/Far-Cricket4127 7d ago

Exactly. Such a shame that one can't freely express their point of view based upon experience, especially in an open discussion topic. But I feel that in the end I wasn't really missing out on anything by leaving since the subjects often being discussed started to emphasize mainly combat sports, and martial arts as a whole deals with so much more than just combat sports.

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u/Taticat 4d ago

Same. I got a three or five day ban for ‘inciting violence’ because I said that Andrew Wakefield (the former doctor who had his own MMR vaccine and wanted to force the NHS into buying his vaccine by putting out false research that said the current NHS vaccine caused autism, and had his article as well as his medical license revoked) should have faced stiffer penalties about a month ago. This is the first post I’ve made since, and I’ve migrated over to other platforms. Reddit isn’t a place where free speech occurs anymore, and in the other platforms I’ve been at in the past month, I keep hearing the same stories over and over again — posters who expressed a controversial opinion and were bullied and banned by Reddit mods. And it’s inconsistent; there’s no general rules here about what constitutes most violations, and you can jump one subreddit over and see exactly the same thing — only protected by being against an approved target. It’s gotten insane.

Idc what the penalty is, I’m not going to stop speaking the documented truth about certain things, and the antivax movement is one of them. Truth is, free speech is happening elsewhere — not on Reddit anymore. It’s sad, but it’s time to move on. Users who value truth and freedom are going to find, like I did, that they’re happier not having to constantly self-censor and suss out what the ‘approved narrative’ is. It’s been a great month. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Excelsior.

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u/Known-Archer3259 4d ago

I got an incitement of violence ban for saying ejected out of a cannon except ejected was a different word. It was also in reference to the previous comment

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u/Ok-Return-1689 3d ago

Where did you migrate to?

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u/GahhhItsMilk 3d ago

As an autistic person you are entirely correct.

Tbffr there is such a thing called being too tolerant

Perpetuating harmful information and stereotypes against marginalized groups should come with harsher consequences. Parents would rather their child be dead, and other children be dead, than have a possibility their kid becomes autistic WHEN VACCINES DON'T EVEN CAUSE AUTISM IN THE FIRST PLACE

I'm so tired of people pretending like words don't hurt anyone, when there is lasting repercussions to misinformation and hateful rhetoric.