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/TheShambhalaman Oct 06 '24

I'm surprised no one has asked for context. How are we supposed to know if it makes sense without the original text for reference?

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u/scaramangaf Oct 06 '24

That's the crazy thing, they do not provide the text in question, so I'm not sure what my comment was, though I know it couldn't have been threatening violence. Also, the real kicker is that an automated system is doling out punishment to an real person.

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u/TheShambhalaman Oct 06 '24

I wouldn't exactly conflate a warning with a punishment, but I do agree it's wild not to include the flagged communication in the warning.

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u/suoretaw Oct 06 '24

They’re asking how it makes sense that they were issued the warning by an automated system specifically, not for a reason based on context. The ‘how does this make any sense’ is linked to the previous sentence.

Though I am curious as well.

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u/TheShambhalaman Oct 06 '24

I understand, but without knowing what's said, it's hard to say. If it was something excessively discriminatory, uses obviously flagged insults, etc., then yes absolutely it would make sense to automate that. More nuanced language, less so.