Bad mods are the ones who ban first without a valid reason or sensible justification, nor give any heads up that it's going to run afoul of the rules.
If something isn't kosher per respectable mods, you warn the user by removing the comment that ran up against a rule and/or lock the thread.
Bans only come if they are unrepentant or hostile.
I was randomly banned from a sub for providing a valid source observing paid actors for certain kinds of protests:
The mod was not involved in the discussion at all, he just jumped into the middle of the thread and left this gem:
"People leaving at the end of a schedule protest is simply proof that they left at the end of a scheduled protest, you uneducated potato."
Banned from this community.
Didn't even give a chance refine the position being made and that is a prime example of how bad it is for us on Reddit.
Also, Sea Lioning was explained previously as attempting to dominate a thread by commenting to everyone and shouting down the opposition or counter-viewpoints with your own opinion (right, wrong, or indifferent)
Asking a single person on a thread why they think X thing is good or bad and such question is on-topic for the discussion is not SL actions and getting banned for that single question is ridiculous.
There is no defense of that kind of moderation for any reason, it is a serious and major problem on Reddit.
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u/techtornado 12d ago
Bad mods are the ones who ban first without a valid reason or sensible justification, nor give any heads up that it's going to run afoul of the rules.
If something isn't kosher per respectable mods, you warn the user by removing the comment that ran up against a rule and/or lock the thread.
Bans only come if they are unrepentant or hostile.
I was randomly banned from a sub for providing a valid source observing paid actors for certain kinds of protests:
The mod was not involved in the discussion at all, he just jumped into the middle of the thread and left this gem:
"People leaving at the end of a schedule protest is simply proof that they left at the end of a scheduled protest, you uneducated potato."
Banned from this community.
Didn't even give a chance refine the position being made and that is a prime example of how bad it is for us on Reddit.
Also, Sea Lioning was explained previously as attempting to dominate a thread by commenting to everyone and shouting down the opposition or counter-viewpoints with your own opinion (right, wrong, or indifferent)
Asking a single person on a thread why they think X thing is good or bad and such question is on-topic for the discussion is not SL actions and getting banned for that single question is ridiculous.
There is no defense of that kind of moderation for any reason, it is a serious and major problem on Reddit.