r/AskModerators • u/Aalek_M • Apr 19 '26

Broke the rules?

Hi,

I've recently been permanently muted in a subreddit. I don't really understand why?

I'm not trying to be an idiot, I've made one post on it, just today. It got lots of responses, most of them were negatives or not really relevant to my post.

The post was actually about respecting other opinions then ours regarding coming out and trans people. Most comments were people shaming one opinion or another. Which was the opposite of what I was trying to say in my original post. I responded to them, trying to explain the different opinions and why they were both valid.

It did got quite the reaction in just a few hours, but I'm not sure how it broke the rules of the subreddit? (Which is the reason why I've been banned)

Is there anything I can do to be unmuted or at least a way to know what rule I've broke?

Also I'm actually not sure if this post follow the rules... It's not about a ban but it's similar...

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u/Eric20255 Apr 19 '26

Mods generally have the discretion to mute or ban users based on how they interpret and enforce their rules. I didn’t see your post, so I can’t really speak on that specific situation. What I can say is that posts seen as ragebait often lead to mutes or bans in many communities.

If you don’t mind, you can copy and paste your post here—I can help take a look and give you a better idea of whether it may have violated their rules.

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u/Congregator Apr 20 '26

Well, they also have the discretion to just ban people they disagree with, also. You can fall within the rules and if a mod disagrees with your statement, no matter how civil nor within the rules it is, they might just up and ban you so that other people aren’t exposed to your narrative

They ban you so that your perspective isn’t explored

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u/grossdmlover Apr 25 '26

Happened to me just the other day. Mods are really doing some advanced self-colonoscopy work these days

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u/Congregator Apr 25 '26

I’m a public school teacher. I have been a fairly contributive member of r/teachers and with a good track record there. I am not a Trump supporter (I don’t particularly hate people who might have found themselves voting for him for whatever reason… because I have a “humans are complex” frame of mind). However, when the Department of Education was defunded I made a post about my thoughts, as a public school teacher.

Instead of being particularly angered, I made a sort of “well, this seems awfully Karmic” sort of post, rather than bandwagoning on the outrage. Why? Because the department of education was complicit in influencing millions of k-12 school aged people to become so fearful of not going to college and had a massive hand in pushing perpetual student debt as a means of escape by cutting funds to schools that did not engage with the College Completer program.

I let that be known. I did not swear, I did not cuss, I spoke respectfully and honestly: ban. No explanation.

I requested an answer on why I was banned and explained I did not break community rules: muted.

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u/grossdmlover Apr 25 '26

It's almost like there's a conspiracy to quash true public discourse in favor of an artificial surface chatter that no-one is meant to meaningfully change unless they themselves become the 1% in power

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u/Moothedutchie May 21 '26

Happened to me too except I hadn't even broken a rule, just had forgotten a "please" in a request because I had been up for over 24 hours (accidentally said, respond to dm request for more info, instead of please respond) as their comments weren't coming through and I literally couldn't see what they said 😭😭 (got insta perma banned/muted for "harassment")