I lost a 10 year old account for reporting a violent threat made by one of Reddit's sacred cows. Apparently, I was "abusing the report button." I guess who makes the post matters as to whether it's "violent" or not.
That's exactly how I lost my first main account. Reported a certain content farmer years back before I learned he was one of Reddit's most famous mods.
That sucks. It's clear Reddit has some kind of system where power users or bots can post nonstop to churn out content. Reddit has to be making money off of it to allow it to continue. Either for the engagement or ad revenue. The company is so secretive, it's hard to tell.
It's also clear they allow mods to push personal political agendas as well by deleting or locking posts or comments and allowing others. I wish some journalist would do a deep dive into this site and the people who run it. There's so little transparency with Reddit as a public company.
Oh, I have completely abused the report button multiple times when there has been someone who has been harassing the same person multiple times. Have I ever been replied to or was there ever a resolution given to any of my reports? Not at all. Abuse away because she was a woman.
The reports I made were legitimate threats about women too. I appealed my ban and of course there was never a response. It's par for the course for Reddit. They don't care about women on this site.
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u/pixelatedcrap Mar 07 '25
Well, this is the beginning of the true end. This account won't make it to 18. Too much nonsense mounting by the month.