I Got permanently banned from a subreddit I liked ,and was a long time member of because I accidentally reposted something that was already posted on there before. I tried to ask the mods about the perma ban but got no response
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Repost policing is so ridiculous. Like yeah, of course we'd rather not have the same thing multiple times a day, but it's totally ridiculous to expect people to look through the entire sub's history to make sure you're good. If you saw it before, just move on. No need to shit on people for trying to contribute.
In particular, it's just lazy to escalate to a permaban right away. Even if they have a rule against reposts, removing a post along with a warning not to do it again is sufficient to educate the vast majority of people there who may not have seen the rule and only did it for the first time.
But that would take a few extra minutes, I suppose, to check someone's post history and see if they are a serial rule breaker. Much easier to just wield the ban-hammer then ignore.
Yeah, same here. Well said, I agree with you. It’s more fair to issue a temporary ban to and warn the users that their reposting too early
I don't use a temp ban unless they've already been warned a couple times and it's obvious they're just reposting shit that they know they're reposting, like reposting their own stuff. I'll only permaban if I know they're spamming, or they're overtly hostile to people on a regular basis and get a steady stream of reports against them.
Uhm I'm pretty sure somebody said the exact same thing the last time this was posted? Do we really need to keep doing this? Everyone turn off your phones and computers. The internet is done.
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The AI just turned my computer back on!
The thing is that on these types of platforms old posts get pushed down. And actually on Reddit until very recently old posts became locked, and unable to be interacted with.
And if something hasn't been posted for years, it's almost guaranteed that new people will see the repost and it probably won't even be seen as a repost.
Exactly. Even if you've seen it before it doesn't mean everyone has.
It can get really annoying but we need to remember that the upteenth repost of something probably leads to at least one person seeing it the first time.
I also like some (especially meme) reposts because I enjoyed the post once already and I just enjoy to experience it again
And yet there's serial reposters who get away with it anyway.
Yeah, tell me about it. Unintentionally Reposting something should not get the user permanently banned, a temporarily ban is more fair.
I got permanently banned for accidentally and unintentionally reposting something that was posted there before. I was a longtime member of that subreddit too! I got unfairly banned for a simple mistake. I tried to talk to the mods but they didn’t respond
Reddit mods are basically in the belief that they're Mao Zedong. When I created and ran a subreddit /r/treecomics way back in the day, I got accused of being too light on reposts. Like if it was within a couple days I would just remove it. Unless someone was constantly doing it, there's no harm. Lighten the fuck up people.
So glad I'm permabanned for saying that neonazis in my city should learn how to bite a curb.
I think if moderation is so intense that it has a chilling effect on the community, that's a big red flag. Sounds like you did it just right.
Yeah, same here. Some mods have let that power go to their heads. They permanently ban people who accidentally repost too early, people that have a different opinion about something and many others who didn’t do anything wrong.
No, a heads up is fair. Banning someone for any length of time for something they weren't even aware they were doing is fucked up, especially for something as harmless as reposting some funny meme.
Only time I say anything about it is when I do a quick search and I find a duplicate immediately, like first 10 posts that show up. If they tried at all, then they would have seen it. Same thing for often repeated questions.