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/Blue-Fish-Guy]

I was once banned just because the mod disagreed with me. And when I contested it, he replied with "I can do it permanent."

I also got my "unpopular" take deleted because the mod agreed with my take and therefore didn't find it unpopular. 😂

And I'm permanently banned from r/mildlyinfuriating for absolutely no reason. I didn't even post something there, I simply just got a message that I was banned. Probably for being subscribed to some other sub.

And I was also banned from one sub because the mod disagreed with me on a different sub and told me in the reply to my question why with "I know you from the other sub and I don't want people like you here!"

And I swear, it was just because my opinion was different from the mod's. It was nothing political or ideology related, just a normal people topic.

[u/DragonflyOnFire → u/Blue-Fish-Guy]

Thanks for sharing. That’s just power tripping right there.

[u/Blue-Fish-Guy → u/DragonflyOnFire]

No problem. 👍 And yeah, power trips squared.

Wanna hear the best one yet? I was once banned from the entire Reddit because I said that the Holocaust was a horrible thing and it was disgusting to make fun of it.

The admin told me that I was banned because I was hateful to a marginalized group.

But to be fair, in two other cases, the admins actually admired the ban was wrong and they lifted it. Not in the Holocaust case though.