Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site”
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Hope one of them is the fuckwad that banned me years ago
did you get banned from r/kangaroo for posting a wallaby?
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Limiting the power mod reach is a good thing, but still, this will break Reddit. Ordinary users will not be lining up to step in as small time moderators. Especially if Reddit Inc is going to remove them if they do anything they don't like.
Reddit Inc will just go "what the hell, we'll throw more AI shit in the Automoderator. It's not like it'll do worse than the current arbitrary quagmire of moderation rules - or maybe it will be, who can tell the difference anyway".
wrote last edited by [email protected]"Worse" only being "less engagement in the next quarter."
AI mods are probably pretty good in that respect. Random bans don't really matter, they can stick to the party line, and letting a bit more controversial or ragebait disinformation through is a plus. In the short term.
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Limiting the number of large subs a user can moderate is a good way to a) limit their power b) reduce misinformation campaigns.
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I got banned for criticizing billionaires.
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Sadly the few subs I frequented are still active and more useful than their Lemmy counterparts.
You can only lead horses to water.
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If /r/wallstreetbets would just move to Lemmy, I'd have no reason to ever look at reddit at all. Wallstreetbets has been pretty solid on giving me tips to make money recently. The rest of the site is trash.
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putting limits on the number of subs a user can moderate is like putting limits on the number of articles a wikipedia editor can edit.
typically moderation is an opt in job and you want people who actually want to do it to keep things going smoothly. all this will do is make the pool even smaller which will lead to subs becoming more toxic.
I think it's a pointless change, it's not too difficult to create multiple identities if you wanted to moderate multiple subreddits. The actors trying to control subreddit moderation for commercial or political purposes will not be slowed down by the requirement that they maintain multiple identities.
If they wanted to 'fix' the comment toxicity problem, they could require x active moderators per active user. If it goes above that then non-subscribers can't comment. The rules don't mean much if there are 10,000 people commenting on each of 3 posts and there is 1 moderator who's afk and checking the report queue a few time per day.
Also, if you notice from most of Lemmy, having a smaller community creates social pressure for people to behave better. Once it gets to the point where you never see the same person twice people think they can behave badly because nobody knows them.
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moderating more than five subreddits with 100,000 monthly visitors.
I mean, that's clearly a rule that considers size of sub a factor, so, um, what?
It's social media, people only react to the headlines... they don't educate themselves on the issue because that would interfere with them generating the next hot take.
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I got a lifetime ban after 12 years on Reddit. I still have no clue why, and I really, really don't care.
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How is no one mentioning the abuse on r/conservative where spewing all kinds of falsehoods, and xenophobias and you are gold, but trying to provide factual information gets banned?
I think there are more things to worry about than the number of groups someone helps moderate.
And alsothere is no recourse against improper bans. I was banned from my corresponding country sub because a moderator misinterpreted something I said.
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It’s definitely Reddit attempting more censorship and manipulation of the front page, but I’m still happy the powermods are being fucked.
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did you get banned from r/kangaroo for posting a wallaby?
Your alignment is chaotic-petty
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I joined after getting some weird warning about upvoting comments reddit didn't like. That left a sour taste in my mouth.
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I got a lifetime ban after 12 years on Reddit. I still have no clue why, and I really, really don't care.
I’m currently on a 3 day ban on Reddit for “threatening others” because someone was going on about how they would smash people with telekinesis and I made a comment saying you could simply bend a prion without being dramatic and drawing attention to yourself.
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I got banned for criticizing billionaires.
They updated their automod stuff a few months back and if you don’t follow the script you get banned very easily now.
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I got a lifetime ban after 12 years on Reddit. I still have no clue why, and I really, really don't care.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I've gotten IP banned twice. Once for talking about my cat killing rabbits (violence!) and once for talking about racist attacks against my local mayor by right wing nutjobs (supporting racism).
It's astoundingly stupid. I was never once ever even banned or blocked from a subreddit until like 2022. Then I started repeatedly getting bans from lots of subs for racism, sexism and violence. Mostly for throughful comments that were getting tons of upvotes then I'd get some personal comment from a mod about what a jerk I was and how if I think men/women are the same, and race isn't a huge pivotal thing, and violence is part of life... well then apparently I'm sexist, racist, and promoting violence. I also pointed out some obvious viral marketing going on in some subs... and banned. I also start getting harassed and targetted and followed by people on the site. It was so weird to have someone show up in other subs to insult/harass me or the constant PMs from weirdos. Never ever got those until like '22 as well.
Reddit was great when it was small. People were reasonable and chill mostly and debate was allowed. I learned so much from so many great communities. Now it's just a corporate echo chamber that wants a inoffensive as possible Disney like image. It's run by dingbats with zero ability to make normal judgements and caters to nutbags and bad actors who actively abuse things.
That said IRL things are so getting worse. My entire life I've mostly head the same opinions... and now all the sudden I'm 'evil' because I don't agree with exteremist/ignorance-first agendas being pushed so hard.
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I got a lifetime ban after 12 years on Reddit. I still have no clue why, and I really, really don't care.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I live in a small country that sysadmins don't care about. if I make an account on reddit, it will be banned the first time I say "hello" in the comments. there is no way for me to use Reddit. the appeal system is completely fake as far as i know. the messages go straight into the garbage they're not read by anybody.
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I got a lifetime ban after 12 years on Reddit. I still have no clue why, and I really, really don't care.
Same. I got a permaban on 9/12 with zero explanation as to why.
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I’m currently on a 3 day ban on Reddit for “threatening others” because someone was going on about how they would smash people with telekinesis and I made a comment saying you could simply bend a prion without being dramatic and drawing attention to yourself.
I don't even get how the fanfiction subreddits are not permabanned due to all the crazy shit that gets written up there.
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did you get banned from r/kangaroo for posting a wallaby?
Nope. Got banned for threatening someone who was cussing me for one of my aggressive opinions
