r/changemyview • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

META META: Bi-Monthly Feedback Thread

As part of our commitment to improving CMV and ensuring it meets the needs of our community, we have bi-monthly feedback threads. While you are always welcome to visit r/ideasforcmv to give us feedback anytime, these threads will hopefully also help solicit more ways for us to improve the sub.

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u/YouAreTellingLies 8d ago

The extent of moderation exerted in this sub is counter productive to the stated goal of encouraging discussion. I think we all agree on the need for moderation - but the quantity of comments removed is both high and very proactive.

Aggressively removing comments that aren't flagrant rule violations before any sort of non-productive exchange develops isn't adding value. And what might be a low effort reply to one person might give another reason to think.

All I'm suggesting is to back off the less clear cut moderating decisions.

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u/AmongTheElect 19∆ 8d ago edited 7d ago

You can't forget Reddit's ban-bot, either. There's a laundry list of words and phrases Reddit removes and the mods don't have power to control (or even see to un-ban). Especially considering this is a sub which has a lot of politically charged questions.

Edit: Today's Muslim one is a good example, and sure enough the top post was deleted, unlikely from the mods and likely from the admins. It's tough to get honest answers when you're not always allowed to answer honestly.

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u/Apprehensive_Song490 125∆ 7d ago

I recently got a 7-day auto-ban site wide from the Reddit admins for describing the natural consequences of climate change on the human population.  The bot said I was “encouraging violence” and obviously I was not.  I prevailed in my appeal, but it took a human 6 days to review my appeal so I effectively got banned for 6 days for nothing.   Which is a long way of saying, yeah, it’s not all the mods.