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/dream-smasher Experienced Helper Oct 06 '24

Ok, forget about that sub.

Sub mods can ban whoever, whenever, for whatever reason. And you can't do anything about it.

Why do you care about being unbanned from that shithole of a sub? Do you think that you decrying their violence and genocidal tendencies will somehow....change any of their opinions? Or that it will help the situation in Gaza in any way?

It won't. I understand your sentiment. Truly. But forget about that sub, and maybe do something constructive if you wish to help?

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u/Eastern_Statement416 Oct 06 '24

No I certainly don't believe it will help. Just somehow expecting free speech there..but that's absurd. At least I wasn't killed in a "surgical" strike.

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u/notthegoatseguy Experienced Helper Oct 07 '24

Just somehow expecting free speech there.

Is that the focus of the sub? Do they guarantee free speech there?

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u/DevonDonskoy Oct 07 '24

Heaven forbid someone assume that differing opinions would be allowed.

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u/notthegoatseguy Experienced Helper Oct 07 '24

That's not how free association works.

Anyone can start a club and set membership requirements.

If you don't agree with their rules, you can go start your own club and run it as you see fit.

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u/DevonDonskoy Oct 07 '24

Seems your outrage towards supposed "echo chambers" is quite selective.