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0 pointsaltonas3y ago0 comments

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this. I'm active in some video game subreddits and I even mod a video game related sub with about 25k subscribers. And on multiple occasions I've had terrible interactions with those big multi-sub moderators. A particularly infamous multi-sub mod (whom you can probably figure out) has threatened me for my subreddit on multiple occasions, making statements like "I'll have you blacklisted from modding other subs". That same exact mod on multiple occasions has deleted my posts from subs he mods, just to reupload them for karma himself. I don't even care about the karma, I just wish mods wouldn't delete my posts that don't break any rules in any way, shape, or form, especially when it's for blatant karma farming.

If you look around Google you can even find several posts of subreddits getting "liberated" of this particular multi sub mod... Something needs to change so this stops happening

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jrnichols3y ago· 5 in thread

This problem became much worse when Covid-19 came around too. Still to this day, there is a mod that will auto ban you from like 30 different subs including /r/pics and others if you so much as make a comment in a sub that they consider "covid minimizing" at all. How on earth reddit continues to allow such actions like that are beyond me.

SV_BubbleTime3y ago

>actions like that are beyond me

I have this theory that religion is part of the human psyche, and that in 2023 we have more people that belong to a specific but as of yet unnamed religion than any point in history.

It just doesn’t have a bible, it’s a screen. Requires conformity, but doesn’t have a dress code. There is ceremony seen in emojis. And the priests are people you know are lying but it’s the other guys that are always “the problem”. You are a good person only if you do what you are told.

Honestly it explains A LOT.

zehnfischer3y ago

I agree. But the word 'religion' doesn't fit anymore. It is believe system and the need to be part of a group that one can identify with. Compliance with the set of rules that this group subscribes to gives one an feeling of belonging and identity. The German author Juli Zeh talks about this. We are social animals and with the collapse of basically all societal institutions - not just religion, but also political organizations - we are desperately trying to figure out how we are and how we have to be.

wincy3y ago

This is honestly a pretty profound comment. Also, I think you’re right.

isaacremuant3y ago

Reddit was behind those actions, dude. It's not about mods. That's tech companies controlling narratives and, specially in the case of covid, happened well beyond Reddit.

Instagram, to name one, was using these "media mods" to basically ban or tag news that they claimed were misinformation. Those media outlets were absolutely pro government in every country and any criticism of covid gov policies was "misinformation".

Don't let the fact that reddit mods can be assholes distract from anti user policies made by reddit pre Ipo

jrnichols3y ago

Agreed, although in this case it was a mix of Reddit itself and individual mods. The mods in /r/coronavirus for example got media attention and it was clear that it went right to their heads. They stopped making the mod log public, transparency went out the window, and AutoModerator basically went nuts.

It was so obvious that they wanted to portray a specific narrative and silent any dissent. Absolutely disgusting behavior.

ImaCake3y ago· 2 in thread

This stuff happens on the mental health subreddits too. Its bad enough to always second guess your own diagnosis but its worse when a mod decides you are excluded from one of the few places that will tentatively accept you.

SV_BubbleTime3y ago

I have a direct family member that was very ill, thought maybe they were transgender, tried that out, their mental state was not improving, got professional help from a doctor that listened instead of supporting every thought, got a lot better, and spent this year de-transitioning.

I talked a little about their experience and, instantly banned from a handful of Reddit including a ban on my account that I appealed.

ImaCake3y ago

Yeah, mental health is so stigmatised that there is little room for the grey, like in your example. A few radicals end up controlling the discussion and most of us, who are too busy with life, are left confused and locked out by the hysteria. I am more sympathetic to those who support trans rights but go too far because the other side is literally calling for their extermination, but the lack of reasonable voices leaves eveyone poorer and disenfranchised.

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SV_BubbleTime3y ago

>actions like that are beyond me

I have this theory that religion is part of the human psyche, and that in 2023 we have more people that belong to a specific but as of yet unnamed religion than any point in history.

Honestly it explains A LOT.

zehnfischer3y ago

wincy3y ago

This is honestly a pretty profound comment. Also, I think you’re right.

isaacremuant3y ago

Reddit was behind those actions, dude. It's not about mods. That's tech companies controlling narratives and, specially in the case of covid, happened well beyond Reddit.

Don't let the fact that reddit mods can be assholes distract from anti user policies made by reddit pre Ipo

jrnichols3y ago

It was so obvious that they wanted to portray a specific narrative and silent any dissent. Absolutely disgusting behavior.

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SV_BubbleTime3y ago

I talked a little about their experience and, instantly banned from a handful of Reddit including a ban on my account that I appealed.

ImaCake3y ago

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