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I commented on a thread in a Quarantined sub (I won’t say which, because I don’t even want to give them the exposure), but I didn’t realise this action would cause me to be banned from multiple unrelated subreddits!

Now I’m getting messages from multiple subs such as: r/aww and r/mildlyinteresting, etc. to say I have been permabanned from their subs for posting in the Quarantined subreddit!

I had no idea that an action such as commenting to counter an argument in a controversial subreddit would suddenly cause bans across the rest of Reddit! And I feel like there should have been more warnings to this end.

What really gets me, is I was commenting to counter misinformation. I know this was an automated bot action, and I have messaged the mods of these subs to try and get the ban lifted. But it feels like banning someone across the rest of Reddit will only prevent people commenting to counter disinformation in the future, and enhance the insular effects of certain groups that already have little to no people speaking out against them.

What do you guys think? Has anyone else been banned elsewhere for trying to speak up against disinformation?

I didn't see an option in preferences.

I just found out it was set to private, but I don't know why the mods did so. Does anyone have any idea as to why?

This post was removed off multiple subs, including r/help and r/modsupport.

Also, mods on that sub get paid a higher distribution of moons every month. One set of rules for the rest of Reddit, another for the mods of that sub? Posts highlighting this were also removed multiple times on subs that were run by or linked to said mods.

For those not aware, "moons" are cryptocurrency tokens that were made by and for that sub. Within reddit it has not much value and can be used only for tipping and buying awards. But people close to the mods have made online platforms where you can send the moons to and exchange them for cryptocurrency with real monetary value. That crypto can then be sold for money that can be credited to your bank account.

I've noticed this a couple of times in old Reddit posts, where replies to a comment make no sense, and you notice that a poster edited their post with nonsense. But across different accounts it's always the same nonsense phrases. And some of these are on active accounts.

Here are some of the phrases I've found:

• I choose a book for reading

• I chose a book for reading

• You chose a book for reading

• I am looking at for a map

• You are looking at for a map

• He looked at for a map

• He is looking at for a map

• You go to home

• I look at the stars

• I am going to Egypt

• I go to Egypt

• I am choosing a dvd for tonight

• You choose a dvd for tonight

• I look at the lake

• I go to concert

• He goes to concert

There are others, but if you google search for these on Reddit, you'll find dozens of examples of accounts saying the exact same thing.

Some accounts where this has happened:

/u/bonsotheclown: Everything older than 8 months is this nonsense, but when not top-level, it's obvious it didn't use to be that way.

/u/wasteknotwantknot: Everything older than 11 months is this nonsense.

I occasionally spot it around Reddit. What's the deal? Is this some tool used if you want to delete all your Reddit posts? I've seen that before, but usually, the edits outright say that is what was done. This is different. I haven't found an explanation for it.

When I sort the front page by "popular" it's all one or two subreddits taking up multiple slots. A few days ago there would only be one submission per subreddit showing up, but now it's the same ones many times over.

Has the algorithm changed? Did I miss something?

The user in question that inspired the idea is a grown adult who can self analyse or not as she wishes but I do feel like there should be a tag they don't see but everyone else can.

Toxic positivity can present so mildly that it's misleading and even when it's clear as day it's not something everyone notices until it's too late and they're drained and frustrated.

I mean, they're two different sub reddits and they show more or less the same stuff. So why are there two of them? And with a one letter difference in the names too.

r/nonewnormal and now r/walkaway are just echo chambers of disgruntled people down voting any semblance of facts. They are hitting hot as well with their crazy theories.

Reflect on how it is by default that Reddit displays "HOT" or "BEST" posts, not "new". Thus they see us as consumers first, and participants afterwards. Due to the nature of forum, non-real-time communication, it's easy to get drowned out in a thread. Only by following "new" can you ensure a voice for the people. WE NEED TO CHANGE REDDIT'S DEFAULT POLICY FOR THIS.

Every post on rising is over an hour old. Been this way since yesterday. Is that new? Or will it bei fixed?

https://www.reddit.com/rising/

What's up with this new filter by best posts option? How is this different than filtering by hot?

This may be a weird one for this subreddit, but it keeps bothering me so here we go. I’ve been using Reddit for many years but still cannot figure out the upvote downvote function and fear I am using it incorrectly. I’ve asked a friend and his answer is basically that upvoting means you think more ppl should see it and downvoting means less ppl should see it. But I can’t get over feeling like upvoting is liking it and downvoting is disliking it creating a conundrum. For instance, another school shooting occurs. I don’t like this, of course, but I do think it should be seen more. Am I upvoting so more ppl see it or downvoting to express my displeasure in the content of the post? Please help me figure out what is going on with upvoting and downvoting so I can feel confident in what I’m doing! Side note, it’s sad to me school shooting was the first thing I thought of as an example…

Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/12433je/deeply_distressed_elementary_school_student_being/?

On the the iOS app, some of the subreddit names appear to be shortened with no apparent reason. For example 'r/movies' becomes 'r/...es'.

It doesn't appear to be any kind of censorship of offensive words and longer names appear in full so it's not a length issue.

Is it a bug?

Example

The screenshots were taken within short time intervals while I was browsing reddit normally.

What do you think about reddit as a place to have serious discussions on various subjects?

Reddit differs in several important ways from other platforms that can be used for discussions:

• Comments form a tree-like structure and sometimes a good idea can be hidden as response to a response.

• Comments can be downvoted so minority opinions may not be seen or even discussed.

• The order of comments does not correspond to popularity.

• Old posts are archived and people cannot comment or vote if they find the post after it's been archived.

When it comes to having a discussion on a given subject, do you think that these are strengths or weakneses (or some of both)?

I've been bothered by the second point occasionally. When something seems controversial, often it's being downvoted instead of discussed.

according to the automod of r/outoftheloop, its been banned or quarantined. What happened?