Recently and unjustly permabanned, any less moderated alternatives?
Posted by Haunting-Composer341@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 13 comments
As the title says I was recently banned for "harassment" despite me being the one harassed first and the other person got away with no issues. I'm fed up with this site. Any sites like reddit that are less censor-heavy? (Perferably a site that doesn't do bans at all honestly.)
SmileyBMM@reddit
Unironically I found the drama off-site the least censored platform, despite having a system that lets users ban each other for fun. What would normally result in a ban from the admins instead usually results in something called the chud award that forces the user to include a phrase for a post or comment to be allowed (phrases like "Trans lives matter" and "I stand with Ukraine").
GiraffePlastic2394@reddit
Yes, I've been permabanned from two subs, the second one because I had the tumerity to ask why I'd been banned from the first. I've even had a "global" warning with a link that is supposed to show me why but which takes me to a number of posts and comments, none of which are mine! The link in the notification to appeal doesn't work either! Been a member of Reddit for over 3 years and all this has happened in the last week or so. No idea why I am suddenly being targeted.
hastogord1@reddit
You might test ours
https://www.letit.net
We will pay mods ourselves and no random suspension by randos.
hastogord1@reddit
You might test ours, not sure why that happened though.
It is called LetIt
https://www.letit.net
We launched two days ago.
threevi@reddit
A site that "doesn't do bans at all" would be a site that's full of bots, scammers, and pedophiles. Trust me, that's not the kind of site you want to frequent.
Haunting-Composer341@reddit (OP)
Kinda figured lol
monos_muertos@reddit
I just got permabanned from one of the uplifting subs for saying a 5 word positive sentence, a stark contrast to all the sadposting I do on this site as catharsis. It's hard to tell if it's reddit's stupid AI, or my current pet stalker. Either way, I take anything that prohibits my participation in online spaces as a hint to get off the internet more. In the larger scheme of things...reddit is just not that important, and it's becoming even less so by the day.
Festering-Fecal@reddit
You can't talk about certain stocks not good or bad without risking getting flagged.
I even appealed it because it was not error and I got another Message the same generic message defending itself.
I don't think they use or have real people anymore or if they do it's not a lot.
eccsoheccsseven@reddit
https://goatmatrix.net has no per-sub moderators. It's just me and my two co-admins. But we do think user drama is pretty... well Reddit doesn't like that word.
maxthed0g@reddit
Reddit is heavily left - Deep Left, actually - and very "doom-and-gloomish." This is NOT a place for intellectual discourse LOL.
I believe - i'm not certain - that anyone can establish a subreddit, and serve as the subs moderator. As such, they can impose arbitrary editorial guidlines, and enforce them in arbitrary fashions. It is a mistake to engage on Reddit believing that "free speech" is an automatic value.
If a moderator values the greater principle of free speech, this will be reflected in the posts of the subreddit. If the moderator has an agenda, this will also be reflected in the overall nature of the posts.
And ALL social media is that way. When you ask for censor-free subreddits, you are missing the point. The subs ARE fully committed to freedom of speech. But they are committed to the freedom of speech of the individual moderators, NOT freedom of speech as a whole. It is the moderator of a subreddit who can post "censor-free." Not you.
And moderators are unvetted.
So what do you expect?
topselection@reddit
On old Reddit at least, the button to make your own sub is right under the Submit New Link and Submit New Text Post links on the main page. I can't remember if it's there on the first day some one signs up, but it's definitely there after a week or two. I'm guessing it's not on New Reddit?
But yeah, I agree with you. If someone doesn't like the mods, they should make their own sub. It's better to rule in Heaven than serve in Hell.
My main concern with Reddit is that it's kind of a monopoly on forums today. Like YT is a monopoly on video sharing and Amazon is a monopoly on online stores. If these sites collapse, I'm going to have to talk to my neighbors, buy a TV, and drive across town to buy my favorite cat litter. lol It's back to 1999. There needs to be alternatives.
Haunting-Composer341@reddit (OP)
I was speaking on reddit as a whole. My previous account got permabanned from reddit. Ik "censor-free subs" don't exist because behind those are reddit's guidelines. And I definitely wasn't under impression that reddit was a good place for discourse nor is it a free form of social media, it was just conviniently what I fell into at the time.
plaidington@reddit
Stating Reddit is heavily left is your opinion. Moderation is as old as the Internet. If you want to truly speak your mind, you need your *own* subreddit/forum/platform.
Having moderated a large form before in a past life... it gets old. It is easier to hit the ban button than be judge and jury to someones argument.
Create a new user account and carry on.