r/help • u/scaramangaf • Oct 06 '24

Reddit automated punishment?

Contributing member of the Reddit community here.

I have received "Your account has been given a warning" for "threatened violence and physical harm".

This is absolute nonsense and I am waiting to hear back on an "apeal".

But the part that is troublesome is that the punishment was automated:

At the bottom of the message:

“Note: This content was flagged by Reddit's automated systems. This decision was made using automation.”

So I am being punished with a warning by an automated system??

How does this make any sense?

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u/derickj2020 Oct 06 '24

Bots are only as intelligent as the programmers and will never understand the subtle nuances of language. Thus we are subjected to arbitrary, meaningless warnings and bans.

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u/scaramangaf Oct 06 '24

Exactly. It is simply wrong.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

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u/derickj2020 Oct 06 '24

True but statistically there will be guiltless victims.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

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u/Always-Be-Nice Oct 10 '24

We are adults... we don't need 'moderators' telling US what is good or bad for us...

Anyone can make their page on any platform 'PRIVATE' and live in a safe bubble or they can break out into the general population and get in the mix... it's YOUR CHOICE...

The great thing about this CHOICE is that you can go live in a bubble or mix it up with a click of a button... DECIDE FOR YOURSELF...

Good Luck... Be Safe...

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u/IceBear_028 Oct 06 '24

Less often than automation/AI....

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '24

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u/Always-Be-Nice Oct 10 '24

Would it not be better for YOU... as an individual... to 'BLOCK' what you deem to be horrible content on your page... why allow a moderator... human or robot... to decide what is good for you to see... and what is bad for you to see...

Should this not be left to the individual...