Just posted a question/discussion on Reddit about EV tarrifs. Was up for several hours, generated a great discussion and then it was removed by a mod. They reckoned it shouldn’t be there, despite loads of super-helpful comments that were relevant to the community. The mod directed me to another sub. I posted in there and it was auto removed in minutes. Then my account was banned. Platform is fucked.
Reddit is unusable
Correct! The majority of Reddit content was already mostly fake users from botfarms and corporate astroturfing even before the rise AI.
There is a reason their vote system is a black box where votes go in and some other number comes out.
lol reddit is fine
You forgot the /s there buddy
The best part is, you get no “proof” of your “crime.” What was the post? Dunno, it was deleted. What was the reason? Dunno, you’re banned for 3 days, congratuatlions!
Fuck 'em, no more free content for them.
3 years ago in r/pics I left a comment to a pic. I know that it was a “piling-on” situation, as my entire comment was
And my axe!
Banned. The entire thread was killed and I could only see my comment: no clue as to context.
I asked a mod and got some ‘f-u’ response. I asked for clarification on that (politely, I promise) and got perma-banned.
Corrective action needs context. That was just fronting. As an ass, I can confirm: that mod also was an ass.
I was in a small country sub and I asked why I was banned and got a snarky reply saying I copy pasted my question from the internet and I’m like what bro and got permabanned. (This was before chatgpt) Later, I found out a bunch of the mods didn’t even live in the country which makes sense in hindsight cause they would be confused about certain cultural contexts and would take a more pro American stance when it comes to political posts/comments…
Reddit makes more sense when you realize it’s not a discussion forum or a place to socialize, it’s a content generation company that you work for for free.
Don’t go there anymore. Problem solved.
That’s not enough. Everybody else needs to quit using it too.
Everybody else is an idiot, eroding our way of life because of their ignorance and stupidity.
I tried, but I can’t control everybody else.
So stop using it. Problem solved.
No, problem is not solved. Ceasing to use Reddit yourself is necessary, but not sufficient. For the societal harm to end, everybody else needs to quit using it too.
Consider my statement as universal advice for everyone, not just OP.
yep, they don’t want actual content now
It literally does feel like this. The bots are already taking care of posting, you’re not supposed to be here smoothskin…
I recommend to either;
- Use RSS feed to view Reddit posts.
- Curate it very tightly if you want to stay on Reddit.
- Do not post or comment a lot (if at all).
- Post your question/ discussion on Lemmy.
Personally, I have noticed a lot of hostility on Reddit, a lot more than it was before. Bots and people just post bait content and comments to stir up anger of people.
Plus Moderators on Reddit are just power tripping people. They feel high and mighty because of the volunteered position they have. It’s their way of coping with the fact they have to deal with unnecessary problems and conflicts for free.
I curated the Reddit feed on RSS but had to already delete 4-5 subreddits from the RSS feed due to the continuous bait posts.
the problem is all the AI crap reaches into your tiny niche subreddits. what you are talking about worked in the early 20s, but is no longer viable.
my local city sub had like 1000 regular users. but around '23/'24 w/ the last election it got 'turfed to shit and tons of AI bot removals of legit posts. most of the posting also became rage-baiting over political topics, or tourists making really dumb/controversial posts.
i never used popular subreddits, but in my time on reddit even niche subreddits eventually just got worse over time as it grew, and the moderators had ever shittier tools to manage them and ever more politicized. pre 2016 you could talk pretty openly on reddit about whatever, then the Trump election galvanized everyone into being thought police.
but none of that is reddit specific. it’s the entire internet and social media and real life as well. i lost a lot of irl friends over the last few years because social media warped their brains and radicalized them.
How are you so sure of that? What if you’re the one that’s radicalised not them and you just not aware of that face?
because most of my beliefs are boring and non-exciting. that’s now i know i’m not radicalized.
and the the radicals of both sides absolutely hate my stands on politics. if both sides hate you, you’re not radical
I have been a very very long term user of Reddit for years but it is only in the past two years I have begun to notice a downturn in posts, moderation and pretty much every other aspect of the platform.
All things have a lifespan but honestly I have considered returning to good old phpBB. :D
There should be a place like reddit but with real people who post and moderate for their own enjoyment instead of being herded by corpofascists.
I completely removed my reddit account a few years ago. Occasionally I accidentally click on a reddit link. Thankfully, because I use a VPN, reddit blocks me from viewing their site.
Sounds like big brother doesn’t want people complaining about tariffs.
And big brother doesn’t want anyone to interfere with the financial bottom line of electronic vehicle sales.
Reddit is in bed with big brother.
Reddit is fully automated now. It’s a Look-Don’t-Touch platform. They have AI to handle the actual participation and only want lurkers who can be milked for ad revenue.
The only thing corporate wants is Ai posts. How can you tell? Because only Ai slop can live in their content environment now
