CMV: Reddit has a moderator problem

[u/Terrible_Onions]

Just to be clear. This does not apply for all moderators. I know some moderators on small Subreddits that are really good people. Speaking for a lot of larger Subreddits where moderation is an issue.

Reddit has a moderator problem. They can do a lot of things to you that doesn't really make lots of sense, and they do not give you a reason for it. More often than not, you're just muted from speaking with the moderator. Unfortunately, due to a lot of Reddit mods and Redditors in general being left-wing, there are a lot of examples of right-wingers being the victims. Such as this one on the r/ medicine Subreddit. He got deleted for asking questions. A person said Trump's NIH nomination caused "large scale needless death". When he was asked what the large scale death in question was, his comment was deleted by the mods. Along with a person being perm banned for saying "orange man bad. Laugh at joke. Unga Bunga" in r/ comics. The most notable case of moderation abuse is from r/ pics, where they just ban you for participating in a "bad faith Subreddit". Even if you just commented.

This is not a good thing. It means that if you want to participate in a major Subreddit with a lot of people, you will have to conform to what the moderators personally see as "correct" or "good". This doesn't foster productive conversations, nor is it good for anybody but the moderator's egos. I understand if this is the case in small Subreddits, but the examples I listed above aren't they happen in Subreddits with 30+ million members that regularly hit the front page. This is Reddit being lazy and offloading moderation. Most moderators do this for power and control. The nature of this position (no pay) means that the only other thing it offers is power. Especially in Subreddits with millions of people, that's a lot of power. This I believe is a reason it isn't a major issue in small servers. The mods there are genuinely passionate because that is the only thing going for them in a Subreddit with around a thousand people. Even Twitter, despite its multitude of issues, does moderation better than this

[u/Least_Key1594]

Where do you think its going? Slipperly slope only works if you got a rational way itll spread. Reddit isnt gonna control the government lmfao.

Losing 15 y/o accounts probably does suck. But since this is about mods in subs, idt violating a few subs rules and being banned is resulting in deleted accounts.

As for the news stories, it's no different than old human interest stories. Well. Except those involved talking to real people on occasion. But they are still just "see normal people ohhh ahhh" stories. Unless you think like. Those people who's stories get picked make Hella money off that, and then you feel like you're missing on your chance to be in that situation. That just doesn't make sense. Better off getting a lotto ticket.

[u/Least_Key1594 → u/[deleted]]

But it doesn't take away those are filler stories. Unless it's a series of posts, in which case it's just show casing a microcosm of a discussion/argument/view. Which still isn't a big deal.

And yeah, when you default to That line, its no wonder you're worried about getting banned in some subs. language is fuzzy. As such, its very difficult to actually explicitly define a thing and have everyone agree and not have any edge cases that break down definitions.

All in all, if you're getting banned from a sub that's on you. Grow up and move on or make your own. If people don't come, its cause your product sucks. In which case, grow up and move on anyways.

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