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/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.