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An update, of sorts

As many of you know we had to shutdown Moderation Mediation due to how time consuming and stressful it was.

There have been several people who have demanded to take over both this sub and ModMed. Most have been obvious mod bashing types, but a few were not. But even so I was reluctant to let it go (cue Elsa).

However there was one persistent person who wanted ModMed, did a reddit request which I responded too. That was enough to block it. Then they did another several days later and I happened to be on a 2 week vacation. But also there was no modmail to ModMed for the second request that I can find. 4 days later he was granted his request b/c I didn't respond in the request sub.

No problem. Decent guy, he even reached out for advice and help, and I was willing to offer it. Except that 10 days after being granted the sub the whole sub was banned. I think they approved 2 posts in those 2 days.

Until now, I haven't publicly stated it but that was one of the reasons I didn't want to let go. I suspected the sub would be banned, and that means no one can go in and read the useful advice that was given over the few short years.

So I will still fight requests for this sub as well, even if it is dead. I hope that the advice can still be useful

This is open for comments, and will be moderated heavily.

3 Comments
2024/08/04
14:43 UTC

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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Sub closes and moves!

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, and in addition all posts have been locked! No new comments. (Save this post.)

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

1 Comment
2020/11/08
17:19 UTC

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Hey! You! Yes you! We've moved. Check it out & read the links.

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, and in addition all posts have been locked! No new comments. (Save this post.)

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

7 Comments
2020/10/15
16:38 UTC

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Closed. We moved to a better 'hood.

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, and in addition all posts have been locked! No new comments. (Save this post.)

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

Edit: Made sure the link was to new rules.

8 Comments
2020/10/09
19:40 UTC

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We have moved! This sub is closed.

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, and in addition all posts have been locked! No new comments. (Save this post.)

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

9 Comments
2020/09/30
20:29 UTC

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This sub is closed. We have moved!

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, and in addition all posts have been locked! No new comments. (Save this post.)

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

19 Comments
2020/09/18
20:15 UTC

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This sub is closed. We have moved!

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, and in addition all posts have been locked! No new comments. (Save this post.)

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

25 Comments
2020/08/31
15:25 UTC

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We have moved!!

As previously announced, we have now moved to /r/ModerationMediation

Please read the Submission Rules post!

No new posts will be approved in this sub, however comments will still be allowed for the next week(ish). Expect things to be completely closed no later than 8/31/2020.

Thank you everyone for all your support and help, and we look forward to seeing you in our new home!

5 Comments
2020/08/24
03:33 UTC

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/u/munninnu of /r/twinflames banned me for no reason.

Basically I had an account before and I was sharing some controversial opinions on the subreddit "Twin Flames" so I understand why I got banned. I was being a bit harsh with my opinions so I can see why it was a bit annoying for everyone else and I felt bad about it afterwards.

Then I started using my second account and I was just sharing my opinions with everyone. Alot of people were upvoting my posts and I was just seeking advice on the topic. We were just talking and sharing perspectives.

You can see all my posts in Twin Flames from my account LillianaRoxelle. I was being really nice and sharing my feelings having a nice discussion. No one else in the comments had any problems with me.

It was just him threatening to ban me again when I literally did nothing wrong. Then I said I'll report you and he banned me...I never said anything bad in my posts.

All I did was share my opinion on the topic of the subreddit. Everyone was giving me nice comments except for him, the "moderator."

He only banned me because I said I'll report you because he was threatening to ban me first out of nowhere.

Btw i'm really passionate about twin flames. You can see my posts. It's a spiritual experience and the only thing I did was discuss my opinion on it which I love talking about. It's not fair I got banned for no reason at all. I was never rude in my posts.

https://www.reveddit.com/r/twinflames/comments/id6zcb/does_anyone_notice_the_differences_between_twin/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Here's the post where he was threatening to ban me. I made the post and I didn't write anything bad in it. If you see my previous comments to him I was being nice and he wasn't. And no one else in the comments had any issue. It's just "Munninnu" who has a personal problem with me.

And the only reason he banned me is because I said I will report him.

https://www.reveddit.com/r/twinflames/comments/idgp00/has_anyone_actually_been_happy_since_they_met/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Here's another post where everyone else was just discussing things normally and he is the one coming after me saying "12 hours ago." He has a personal problem with me.

10 Comments
2020/08/20
23:24 UTC

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/u/Unknown of /r/news banned me for countering and reporting objective misinformation, mindlessly dismissed all attempts at rule compliance, and left all replied misinformation/ rule breaking comments unmoderated.

Tl;DR Provided Coroners reports to counter false claims of cause of death, I get perma banned despite doing everything in my power to comply and co-operate, misinformation stays up.

I encountered tens of upvoted and unmoderated comments of misinformation in https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/icazie/black_officer_who_defended_george_floyd_fired/. With most of it concerning George Floyds cause of death, being easily refutable by citing the coroners reports.

I did so, http://removeddit.com/r/news/comments/icazie/black_officer_who_defended_george_floyd_fired (Ctrl-F my username), and due to the users acting in bad faith as they continued to spout unsubstantiated misinformation, ad hominem (another rule breaker) and refusal to provide any substantiated evidence whatsoever. Most of comments had a racial ulterior motive not even thinly veiled. I reported their comments as well in the expectation that even If I was breaking a rule in commenting back, their bad faith misinformation and further rule breaking would be objectively proven by my comments and their comments be removed as well, thus fulfilling my aim to prevent misinformation.

After the nth instance of these comments being continually upvoted and unmoderated, I thought a modmail would be of much needed use to the mods as so much misinformation had been up for so long without comment.

Here are the screenshots of the resulting mod messages: https://imgur.com/a/F8lbdD8 You can check my comment history, and although most can be construed as comment spamming or provactive, which I explicitly recognise and implore to the mod in the mod messages. Also the only way my "comment spamming" comments can be construed as provocative is either :by me inquiring if they read or misread the report, which has to be objectively true considering both rule the cause of death as homicide and every comment was in reply to those falsely claiming otherwise. Or by me quoting their misinformation, as many are known to edit or remove their comments and then continue to act in bad faith.

I make repeated attempts to co-operate with the mod. Not just making my case as to the justification of each comments, but then even progressively lowering my standards in order to reach any form of co-operation with the mod. All of which mindlessly dismissed.

I tell them I am fully willing to edit all of my comments to prevent any rule breaking. I get back nothing. no rule explanation, suggestion, justification, good-faith, is given in any form.

I then even tell them I have no problem with removing every comment I made in that thread, I just ask that the same application and moderation of the rules be applied to the comments I replied to. Again, nothing. Straight to ban.

The mod then tries to gaslight me that they did do everything I asked and that I'm the one not co-operating. How I am meant to co-operate with my comment removal and ban? I do not know.

every single comment I made before the mod mail is in response to blatant misinformation, bad faith ignorance, ad hominem and other rule breaking comments, or the objectively disgusting and racist bad faith politicisation of Cannon Hinnants murder explicitly against the wishes and reported facts of the case directly from his grieving family.

I have yet to see a single one of comments I replied to have any form of moderater action despite being posted well before mine, and being reported and messaged about, and inherently seen by the mod looking at my comments.

The mod in the mod mail is unknown, however the terse unco-operative wiriting of the mod does seem to bear a lot of similarity to the first result on this sub when I search about /r/news mods, https://www.reddit.com/r/ReportTheBadModerator/comments/72fhzg/wish_to_appeal_a_ban_from_rnews_for_spamming_and/

Edit: changed removed comments link to be more useful

23 Comments
2020/08/19
11:24 UTC

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Unknown of r/law banned me before I ever participated in the subreddit [Resubmission]

UPDATE: The mods have still not reached out to me. However, I was given a suspension for contacting the mods asking about my ban. https://imgur.com/gallery/We4DwpI

I joined the r/law subreddit about 4 weeks ago. I was almost IMMEDIATELY banned. I immediately asked the reason for my ban, mistaken that I had been banned from r/SCOTUS (as you can see in the screenshot). I was then muted. I participate in r/SCOTUS, r/neutralnews, r/NeutralPolitics, and a couple others. I can be smarmy and sarcastic at times, but nothing that rises to the level of notoriety of a pre-ban. I asked again, 3 days later. I did so several times, and while my replies were admittedly tongue-in-cheek (because obviously, this was somewhat targeted), I have yet to get a response.

Attached are all relevant screenshots. https://imgur.com/gallery/hRywsgXI accidentally messaged myself once. I am a total Reddit noob, tbh. But that's one of the reasons I find this so weird. I've never participated in anything that should single me out. I instantly unsubbed from r/politics when I found out what a cluster that was, and only commented there a couple of times - mostly regarding tax policy.

r/law seems like a pretty standard subreddit. It doesn't seem prone to censor. But the principle of the matter is a bit bothersome. I didn't do anything against the rules. I couldn't possibly have.

Would love to know if someone had a similar experience to mine and get some feedback from the mods. I'm not getting through for some reason.

P.S. Thanks to Tymanthius for allowing a resub.

11 Comments
2020/08/17
17:29 UTC

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Unknown of /r/Anarchism permabans me for "advocating illegal activities" by suggesting to start their own country

The comment that got me banned

The moderator also told me to "Go (blank) yourself" when I asked for clarity as to why I was permanently banned.

Screen shot of the banned message from mod

Im pretty sure they banned me for providing a counter opinion in their sub.

33 Comments
2020/08/14
16:30 UTC

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/u/unknown of /r/JoeBiden permabans me without warning for criticizing the DNC then lies about it

So I've been using the /r/JoeBiden subreddit recently since he's the nominee. I've posted in there a few times. Well just a bit ago today I made a comment that was critical of the DNC (Democratic National Committee) which runs the DNC convention. It was this one:

It's disgusting and shows you exactly how elitist and out of touch the DNC is. On top of snubbing Yang they also denied The Young Turks a fucking press pass. They're assholes.

Immediately I was sent a msg by an unknown moderator that one of my comments was removed for "Divisiveness". It was this one in the same thread which said:

It's disgusting Andrew Yang hasn't been given a speaking slot at the convention.

And then at the same time I immediately got another message that I was permabanned. No justification was given for the permaban at this point.

When I responded they told me that "You were given a warning which you immediately violated". Which is simply not true. And they quoted two "rules" which are so broad they could literally be twisted to mean anything.

I responded and then they muted me. And then they responded one more time with another nonsense justification and another lie that I was given a warning before being banned. Their final message "You can try again later when you are willing to be a team player." really shows you what this is about. I made a single comment that was critical of the DNC (not the Joe Biden campaign) and was therefore not "being a team player" and they permabanned me for it.

Their behavior is totally unprofessional and it resembles the same way /r/Republican is run where they instaban you for even hinting at criticism. So I suggest that if the moderators of /r/JoeBiden are going to instantly permaban people for simply posting criticism of the Joe Biden campaign or even the DNC, then the Rules of the subreddit should be changed to reflect that. At least that way things would be clear and people would know what kind of subreddit it is.

https://i.imgur.com/mQSDql3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4i5xG8D.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/K11ck9G.jpg

https://www.reveddit.com/r/JoeBiden/comments/i817x0/andrew_yang_offering_his_congratulations_to/

https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeBiden/comments/i817x0/andrew_yang_offering_his_congratulations_to/

5 Comments
2020/08/12
12:57 UTC

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Unknown from r/blacklivesmatter banned me even though i never participated in their sub and i think the reason is because i commented in r/police

Ok so I have a strong suspicion that ive been banned from /blacklivesmatter since they dont notify you if youve been banned before you participated in the sub. Whenever id try to comment, itd say: sorry, please try again later

https://imgur.com/a/Lx8HB46

When I’d try to post

https://imgur.com/a/g9gCOHs

I didnt know 100% if i was banned or if the sub was just weird, so i tested on a sub i was already banned to see if i got the same response. Which i did

https://imgur.com/a/Szyg9Tz

I think they banned me for participating in r/police even though i was defending victims of police brutality and was banned from that sub

https://imgur.com/a/AaZhb8E

I tried explaining this to the mods of r/blacklivesmatter 88 days ago, yet they havent answered whatsover

https://imgur.com/a/eYShsBX

I think its a shame, because im an ally and would like to show my support for blm.

45 Comments
2020/08/12
01:45 UTC

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u/Hobbesenero of r/MarvelAvengersProject, told me to send criticism to mod mail. I did and was immediately perma banned for it, as well as met with extreme hostility.

I was originally banned for 7 days for this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelAvengersProject/comments/i6sqos/posts_are_being_removed_for_frequently_asked/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

(in this ban message he told me to take criticism to modmail, this will come up later)

I didn’t mean any Ill-will by it, but i was frustrated at the time, since I had a lot of questions and was unable to find answers about the game, even after checking every available resource.

After I got banned, I asked why a post of mine was removed. Apparently it was a spoiler (I honestly didn’t know in game skin leaks were spoilers at the time, just thought it’d be cool to show). I believe this is what ticked him off, he might not wanted to see in game skins in advance which is understandable, but it was an honest mistake.

After that I gave him my honest thoughts and constructive criticisms on the sub (like he had asked) I was being nice about and just wanted to let him know my perspective of the sub. after this My ban was switched to permanent and was blocked form the modmail for thirty days.

The following screenshots have all the conversation that occurred:

https://imgur.com/a/bGjXzNz

7 Comments
2020/08/10
20:48 UTC

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u/ghostlikecrime of r/EvaNotty permabanned me for asking if I could be a mod. [NSFW]

I reached out to see if they needed any help in a nsfw sub and was promptly banned and muted for asking. Only interaction I've ever had with them.

https://i.imgur.com/4qDucYI.jpg

13 Comments
2020/08/10
00:51 UTC

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Unknown of /r/AskReddit temp banned me for posting 'personal information', though the information I posted is not personal

Somebody asked how to get an account deleted and claimed they could not find a contact page. I found the information they needed on the Privacy page, and copied the text that described to get in contact into a quoteblock.

This particular bit of text included the email address one would need to contact in order to have their account deleted.

I was subsequently banned for 5 days for posting 'personal information'. I contacted mods to explain it was not personal information, rather it was business information and that is not classified as personal information.

Mods replied saying it was only temporary (as if that made it any less worse) and that email addresses are personal information.

original comment

first mod message

second mod message

third mod message

27 Comments
2020/08/08
23:19 UTC

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/u/unknown of /r/psychology issued permban without explanation after posting one thread

This is a somewhat odd ban to be banned from a science sub since my only contributions were posting a peer-reviewed article and abstract in the comments. I have no other posting history in r/psychology that I recall. I certainly hadn't broken rules in r/psychology so my only conclusion was this banning was political.

https://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/i1rs5d/the_social_and_genetic_inheritance_of_educational/

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https://imgur.com/a/GPF1YCz

29 Comments
2020/08/08
22:07 UTC

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/u/unknown of /r/Georgia randomly permabanned me first without warning or explanation then supposedly for posting a Georgia news video

So I was on YouTube watching some news and I saw a Vice news video about a town in Georgia called Juliette. After I watched it I decided to post it in the Georgia subreddit and in a few US news subreddits. Which is the appropriate place for it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Georgia/comments/i5mzzb/the_water_is_toxic_in_the_town_with_americas/

Well, I was just sent a msg by an unknown moderator that I was permabanned. Without any warning or explanation. When I asked why they said "spam". Then they muted me. So apparently the mods consider posting a Georgia news video to be spam. Bizarre and extremely unprofessional.

And you can look at their rules for /r/Georgia and I clearly didn't break any.

https://i.imgur.com/N3yowZZ.jpg

10 Comments
2020/08/08
01:39 UTC

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Unknown of /r/Funny banned me

Repost because of an accidental rules breakage.

I made a very successful post to /r/funny about 2 months ago. It was up for a few hours then it was removed and I was banned immediately afterwards. There was only one reason for the post-removal given which I did not feel was true and no reason given for my ban. I tried to reach out to the moderators and have been ignored for the last 2 months. Please help, I just want to know why the post warranted a ban.

10 Comments
2020/08/07
00:08 UTC

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multiple of r/Animemes adder a rule the majority of subs disagree with

See https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/i2mn3g/rule_5_update_as_of_today_the_word_trap_is_now/ for the change description, and the community opinion (and reasons for it) is in the comments and in some of the recently posted memes. The mods have clearly stated they don't want to review the change even if the community disagrees. Can anything be done to help this situation?

45 Comments
2020/08/05
08:39 UTC

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Unknown of r/news permanent ban appeal met with vitriol and disinterest

First post ever on r/news earned me a permanent ban based on their belief that I was personally attacking someone.

offending post

I attempted to appeal the ban indicating that I felt it was unjust, but it was met with immediate hostility.

ban appeal

I then tried to message u/douglasmacarthur and u/luster (two of the sites listed mods) to have them review, but neither of them replied.

5 Comments
2020/08/04
17:13 UTC

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Happy Un-CakeDay to /r/ReportTheBadModerator!

So it's not the anniversary of the sub creation, but it is the 4th anniversary of when I took over the sub via /r/RedditRequest.

It's been an interesting ride. I started with no plan, and was mostly just going to ignore the sub. But then people started showing up. So I started trying to build it into something that wasn't a drama sub. It's taken a long while, but I think we are mostly succeeding.

As some of you may have noticed we've adjusted our rules. In addition to adjusting the rules, we have made some huge improvements to our ToolBox workflow thanks to /u/jaykresge!

And while I'm at it, I want to thank /u/cluelessnumber7. She does a LOT of the quiet work of just keeping the sub moving. I believe this has substantially affected our rate of growth. /u/Meemsouprice is another unsung hero who plugs along and helps us get things done. Thank you all!

We have also started being a lot more forceful in what we remove. This has had mixed success, and is an ongoing process. Currently we are leaning towards locking OP and Mod comments with warnings rather than removals. Anyone else is still more likely to get removed. During this period we are going to make mistakes, either being too gentle or too harsh. If you felt that we were too harsh, please tell us. We have no problem walking back moderation when appropriate. We've done it before.

Speaking to bans - I hate that ban is the only tool we have for 'time out'. We hand out 1-3 day bans like candy as a largely non-punitive way to get users attention so they will cool down and re-approach a subject. I'd love for there to be an officially recognized 'penalty box' action that maxed out at 3 days so users would get a different automated email than the ban. But we work with the tools we have.

As we have grown (almost 6k now) one of the recurring issues we find is that our sub name is problematic. As I mentioned above, I didn't create it. Our team has been slowly mulling over the idea of creating a new sub with a more neutral name that fits our goals of mediation and education. We are open to suggestions!

Another note, is if a user feels that one of our mods overstepped, we encourage you to make a complaint. We prefer you start with modmail please, but that's not a requirment. If you feel modmail didn't get the answer you deserve, make a post - just follow the post rules. We will handle it fairly, and there will be no reprisal for filing the complaint. The mod who is alleged in the complaint will recuse themselves from moderating the thread except for egregious actions that need an immediate response. In those cases, a second mod will review the action.

24 Comments
2020/08/04
16:33 UTC

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unknown of r/Feminism banned me for obscure reason

I've been trying to reach the mods of r/Feminism for a few days now. I got permanently banned and I don't know why. I commented on a post about the use of the word ''underage women'' being deeply misguided, since we're talking about children. I linked an article from the Atlantic that talked exactly about that, so that anyone who wanted more information on this could access it easily.

Edit: I realized that my link can't be seen. Here's the the post, here's my comment and here's the article that I linked.

I am very much a feminist, and my post was made in good faith. I can't see on what grounds I've been banned. I like this sub, because I find the support that I need. Being excluded from it while being absolutely clueless on why really, really sucks.

Right now, I'm just being ignored by the mods. Maybe they're buried in mail, but I don't know what to do. I hope that writing here can draw attention to this so that I will at least get a sign of life from the mods or r/Feminism and hopefully be able to participate again.

Here are the screenshots for those who are interested.

Thank you.

70 Comments
2020/08/03
20:11 UTC

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u/beerbellybegone of r/murderedbywords removed u/aguero2992's post only to repost it and gain 100k+ upvotes

yesterday, user u/aguero2992's post on r/murdered by words was removed by a moderator for unapparent reasons. less than an hour later, u/beerbellybegone; a moderator on r/murderedbywords, reposted the same post made by u/aguero2992 and did not have it removed. as of now, the post has garnered 100k+ upvotes and u/aguero2992 has not been contacted by the r/murderedbywords mod team.

evidence

17 Comments
2020/08/02
14:25 UTC

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/u/BatMatt93 of /r/XboxSeriesX randomly permabanned me w/o warning or explanation. Appealed to /r/XboxOne moderators for help and they were rude & unprofessional.

As some of you may know Microsoft had a showcase for their new Xbox Series X console recently and showed off some of their games like Halo Infinite. I recently found the /r/XboxSeriesX subreddit and was posting in there about it. I've used the /r/XboxOne subreddit for many years. I've been a Xbox owner and Halo player since literally November 2001. Probably longer than most of the moderators.

Well, three days ago or so I was randomly permabanned without any explanation or warning. I sent at least two messages asking why and was ignored. Finally yesterday after sending a separate new message I got a reply. And the moderator who banned me said "All decisions are final. Good day." without giving any explanation or justification.

When I was banned three days ago I also messaged the /r/XboxOne subreddit moderators (because it's part of their network) and asked them if they ran the /r/XboxSeriesX subreddit and knew why I was banned. They do appear to share some of the same moderators. They first told me to wait for a response and there was nothing they could do. Finally when I finally received the non-response response from /u/BatMatt93 I messaged the /r/XboxOne moderators again. Explaining the situation and my thoughts on why he banned me. And they responded by being extremely rude and unprofessional and then muted me.

Another thing that /u/BatMatt93 did recently on the /r/XboxOne subreddit was remove a video I posted which was an analysis video of Halo Infinite by one of the big Halo YouTubers. His excuse was that it was a "Low Effort or Quality Post" but their own rules don't fit the description of that. This guy just seems to be targeting me and/or removing any posts and permabanning people if they even hint at any criticism. I asked him in the comments if HiddenXperia (the big YouTuber) was banned from the subreddit now and he didn't respond.

Three days ago the moderators of /r/XboxSeriesX put up this post about "Trolls, Reports and Negativity". So it appears that they are just using that as an excuse to ban people for simply being critical. Kind of like how /r/Republican instantly bans people for stepping out of line and just hinting at criticism.

I have used Reddit for many years. This is not my first account. I've encountered unprofessional moderation like this before on small subreddits. But never on a big one. This is probably the most unprofessional moderation I've ever encountered on a large and popular subreddit. /r/XboxSeriesX isn't a big subreddit yet but it probably will be and it's connected to /r/XboxOne and they seem to share the same moderators. If they do have rules, it doesn't seem like the moderators have any rules for themselves.

Conversations: https://imgur.com/a/bxK4oSF

43 Comments
2020/08/01
11:38 UTC

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U/unknown of r/Birbs permabanned me for no known reason

I was permabanned and have no idea why. I've tried to ask why and have had no replies. All my posts are still up and have a lot of likes. I post wholesome content and use r/Birbs to showcase my birb meme art. Screen shot of communications: http://imgur.com/a/oyu2Cxn

16 Comments
2020/07/31
13:15 UTC

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Unknown of r/unpopularopinion banned me permanently with no warning or rule citing

I posted a comment in a thread in r/unpopularopinion that was a joke in admittedly poor taste, which had a large positive reaction (+115 looking at it now). I have received no prior warnings or moderation on the sub.

I got a message today that I was permanently banned from the sub, specifying no specific rules and a note that was just a link to my comment:

"https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/hyy3nt/if_you_block_traffic_and_stand_in_the_way_of/fzfuiy5/"

I thought this a bit extreme, as while I agree that my comment was pushing the boundaries of what I would typically post, a deletion or a temporary ban seems to be more appropriate given I have had no prior issues, so I said as much:

"Seriously? Deletion of the comment may be fair, if you think it's in too bad taste, and I can respect that; it's further than I would typically want to push things, but isn't a permaban pushing it a bit far with no warning or prior issues?"

The moderator, responding from the group account presumably to try to evade responsibility, responded glibly and muted me.

"Nah, you needed a perma. Have a good time on reddit somewhere else."

I feel that whoever this was thoroughly abused the power with a permaban. Given what is regularly posted on the sub, it's no worse, so no more than a deletion should be warranted, but a permaban with zero prior warning deserves investigation of mod abuse, particularly when they don't even bother to cite a rule as a justification, and especially when the post it was a comment on has also been removed (so it's not like they were "protecting" people from seeing something offensive).

Original Post: (removed) https://www.reveddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/hyy3nt/if_you_block_traffic_and_stand_in_the_way_of/

My Comment: (attached to removed post) https://www.reveddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/hyy3nt/if_you_block_traffic_and_stand_in_the_way_of/fzfuiy5/

Screenshot of messages: (as depicted above)

https://imgur.com/FaRA5zZ (ban message - full thread)

https://imgur.com/fORKFLN (mute message)

23 Comments
2020/07/28
22:28 UTC

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/u/thegoodbadandsmoggy of /r/Toronto attempts to ridicule me by altering my username flair

Context: 10 months ago I posted a silly gossip article on /r/Toronto about Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello in Toronto. It didn't break any rules but was swiftly removed by the mods. Since then, one mod in particular has been harassing and tagging my username about this relentlessly. Yesterday he decided to childishly alter my user flair in the subreddit in what I assume is an attempt to ridicule me.

Asking the moderators why they did this resulted in this reasoning (full discussion):

We like to distinguish /r/toronto power users with a well earned piece of distinguishment in an effort to add some humour and character to the subreddit.

64 Comments
2020/07/28
15:49 UTC

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/u/eye_doc_photog of /r/bullying removed post for allegedly "garner[ing] likes from other social media", then muted and banned me for allegedly "harassing" him

So it all started when I made a post in r/bullying talking about the time I kept getting harassed by a neighborhood bully then fought back when I reached my limit, then got praised by my friends and family and even other strangers in the neighborhood, because apparently the bully always had a bad rep in the area. But when I shared the story on Facebook, I instead got people misconstruing MY behavior as "bullying", not even once addressing the full context of the story and WHY I instilled physical harm on him in the first place. And they were somehow all getting cheered on and praised while I got absolutely none of those.

Now, you'd think this post wouldn't be removed because its topic is relevant to the subreddit. You thought wrong. I came back to the post one day to see that the post got removed. Naturally, I PM'ed the mods asking why it got removed, and one of the mods, u/eye_doc_photog, allegedly claimed that people "tried to give [me] advice and [I] brushed them off." and that I was "garner[ing] 'likes' from other social media and [I was] angry that [my] plan didn't go well."

First off, how was I "brushing off" advice, and when did I ever say anything about "garner[ing] likes?" I just shared a bullying story on Facebook. That's it. I honestly didn't actually care that much about whether it got any likes or not. It's when people started twisting my story; taking my actions out of context and painting me as the bad guy in a story I know I'm the victim in, that pissed me off. He then muted me.

So I tried to continue the conversation through direct PM, telling him how my post is "garner[ing] likes", then accuses me of "harassment". In response, I tell him how my behavior is harassment when I'm really just telling him about how he's just misinterpreting everything I'm trying to say to him. He then bans me from the subreddit permanently for allegedly "threatening/harassing mods".

Link to the post in question: https://www.reveddit.com/r/bullying/comments/hwrro0/i_shared_a_bullying_story_on_facebook_but_then/

And here are the screenshots of the conversation with the mod: https://imgur.com/a/EJFbOOl

14 Comments
2020/07/26
18:21 UTC

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