So, I posted a simple Roku fix on Reddit — just explaining how to get actual antenna channels back instead of their ad-stuffed “Live TV” hub.

The post took off fast-within 90 minutes: • 8,000+ views • 12 upvotes • Dozens of people thanking me for the fix

Then… moderators nuked it as a repost.

Sequence of Events: 1. I politely asked what rule I’d broken. 2. Mod replied: “I don’t know, nor is it relevant to your ban.” 3. I joked: “Ok thank you, Paul Blart. 🙄” 4. Instantly → permanent ban + mute.

Screenshots confirmed: no rule violation, just a mod having a day.

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Follow-up Attempts: • Tried posting the story in r/help and r/ideasfortheadmins. • AutoMod deleted both — apparently the word “ban” is illegal now. • Tried to share it elsewhere, but at this point Reddit moderation feels like TSA confiscating nail clippers while waving through flamethrowers.

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Takeaway: It’s wild when platforms value control over community. I literally helped people watch TV again — and got banned for it.

Give someone a little power, and it goes straight to their head.

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The irony? My Roku fix worked. Thousands saw it before it vanished. So somewhere out there, people are happily watching TV — thanks to a guy Reddit decided to erase.

Stay tuned for Volume 2: “AutoMod vs The Word ‘Ban’.”

  • John Doe@lemmy.world
    28·
    7 days ago

    I used to love Reddit and it was my only social media site for a decade. But it became so Kafka-esque that it was causing me a tremendous amount of stress. Constantly fighting mod bans was akin to tilting at windmills, as it was completely pointless. So I quit cold turkey last year, deleting my account, and found Lemmy a few days later. I still find the content on Reddit incredibly helpful when I’m searching for information and posts come up on Google but I cannot interact with the site/app any longer. The constant deletions and bans are contrary to the original spirit of the site and have reached SNL sketch level.

  • Gil Wanderley@lemmy.eco.br
    21·
    7 days ago

    I was perma-banned from r/gaming because of piracy. I posted a link to an unofficial port of a decompiled, abandonware game.

    • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
      8·
      7 days ago

      Why? A lot of people are looking for fixes. Not many actually engage by upvoting or commenting. Seen that plenty of times on tech/help related subs

      • carrylex@lemmy.world
        52·
        7 days ago

        Okay let’s compare this to other platforms like YT for a second, where videos usually have a 10-100 views : 1 upvote ratio.

        Reddit should have similar numbers, but this post has a 700 views/upvote ratio. This way too high and smells extremly fishy.

        • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          You’re comparing platforms’s average to something pretty specific. What do you think is the ratio for videos like “How to install Windows 10”?

            • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
              1·
              5 days ago

              Now, for the next task, tell me the ratio for engageable content creators like Veritasium.

              Do tell me when you realize the difference between actual content and help videos when it comes to engagement is up to 10x. Music videos might be even higher, but not entirely sure since one user can generate 10 views.

              Let’s also not forget the fact that unlike on YT, reddit likes aren’t a real number, there’s some funky formula and obfuscation.

              • carrylex@lemmy.world
                1·
                5 days ago

                like Veritasium

                50-25:1 lol

                reddit likes aren’t a real number

                Oh weird, what exactly was my comment about? Oh yeah, that these numbers are not real dingus

                • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
                  1·
                  5 days ago

                  Oh weird, what exactly was my comment about? Oh yeah, that these numbers are not real dingus

                  I honestly thought you meant it in a way that the views themselves are fake, not the upvotes. In any case, the few veritasium videos I checked had a ratio closer to 20 while the tutorial ones hadna ratio closer to 100, marking a pretty significant difference between engagement, so my point wasn’t false

      • BigPotato@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 days ago

        Upvotes higher than views? Considering how many lurkers there are? Considering even people who engage with a post don’t necessarily upvoter? They said 8k views, 12k upvotes. Even if those numbers are reverse, that’s an insane engagement ratio.

      • iegod@lemmy.zip
        2·
        7 days ago

        It’s well known that reddit obfuscates votes on purpose. Views I have no idea.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    17·
    7 days ago

    I was perma banned by admins for hurting a mods feelings. Reddit is so scared of having to pay mods they let them do whatever they want. There is no point in trying to rationalize it. As long as mods go unpaid, they will be allowed to have absolute power in the communities they control.

    • AxExRx@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      I told babylonian weeb, the guy who’s taken over animetitties, that spain nuking israel over the freedom flotilla was not a likely, or good outcome. That got me a ban for "glorifying violence:

  • Surp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Fuck reddit I mean that’s all. I stopped looking at it so long ago. Found a way online to delete all my posts and my user account while downloading all my posts to an xml so I could keep MY content.

  • Rose56@lemmy.zip
    2017·
    7 days ago

    Sir this is not Reddit! We can’t do nothing about how bad Reddit is, and I recommend you posting the way to fix it in a related community here.

    Edit: not to mention you are a brand new user here, and the first thing to do, is to post about Reddit! I’m might start a bingo card.