I had been on reddit for over 10 years. I had a huge karma total. I was a mod of several groups. Some political some not. As a mod I never banned anyone unless they obviously broke the group rules, called for violence, or harassed others.
About 5 years ago I was Permanently banned site wide. The post or comment (I don’t remember anymore) violated NO rules but apparently got many “reports”. After about 3 months I was finally able to find an Admin who reviewed my case. They reinstated me and came right out and said that I should not have been banned.
Then about a year ago I was permanently site wide banned again. Same scenario. Obviously broke no rules. But I’ll bet there were tons of “reports” which I think catches the attention of the admins. In my experience there I also saw numerous cases of trolls that would get pissed off at someone and then systematically go through their history and “report” every comment and post.
In the groups that I moderated I would see all the constant “reports”. Most were always from the same people who apparently had empty lives.
I have tried the standard appeal process without even an engagement over the issue by an Admin. I get the feeling that it is totally automated now and there are no actual ban reviews.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get to an individual Admin where I could actually discuss my ban?
What’s the submission in question?
It’s been a year since this happened. I honestly don’t remember, but I think it was a comment. A comment where I was paraphrasing a point made in a published news article. Apparently just mentioning something that others didn’t “like” was enough to piss people off.
Forgive me for my skepticism, but too many times I’ve seen people complaining about the same thing as you only to get busted for having a comment history calling for genocide or filled with racial slurs.
LOL. I never once called for violence. I am not white and not a racist. And I never even called another poster an asshole. My thing was always lets have a civil discussion. And I guess my point is that all the things that we both would agree on that should cause a ban did not apply to me.