the mods have made all subreddits unusable

writes a comment on hiphopheads - REMOVED, comments must be 250 letters+

hmm ive got a problem with my pc, guess i'll ask on this PC sub -REMOVED, you most post questions to this thread that nobody uses

ok i'll post a fun meme on this subredd- REMOVED, you can only post memes on sunday full moons

holy fuck just let me use this god damn website

  • Tyreup [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Yeah my local subreddit just shadowbans any comments from anyone newer than like 2 years. I had to contact the mod team to get approval to ask a question about city-wide waste collection a few months back.

    Reddit has reached the stage where they are more concerned about shaping discourse than they are attracting new members. So any new account has a MISERABLE user experience. Many subs will auto delete your comments (either openly or via "shadowban" automoderator deletections)

    Almost everything on reddit's frontpage has been chosen by powermods, as they delete things they don't like that organically hit it in favor of what they want (see: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditMinusMods/)

    The biggest problem is that reddit ingeniously continues to trickle out chud community bans (rather than, ya know, just fucking banning them and their members as they pop up) to keep a trickle of reactionaries seeding reddit alternatives at all times. So you never have another option.