Off My Chest
RULES:
I am looking for mods!
1. The "good" part of our community means we are pro-empathy and anti-harassment. However, we don't intend to make this a "safe space" where everyone has to be a saint. Sh*t happens, and life is messy. That's why we get things off our chests.
2. Bigotry is not allowed. That includes racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and religiophobia. (If you want to vent about religion, that's fine; but religion is not inherently evil.)
3. Frustrated, venting, or angry posts are still welcome.
4. Posts and comments that bait, threaten, or incite harassment are not allowed.
5. If anyone offers mental, medical, or professional advice here, please remember to take it with a grain of salt. Seek out real professionals if needed.
6. Please put NSFW behind NSFW tags.
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One time, I received a message from some mods that I had been permabanned and muted from some random sub where I barely participated. I had been banned because I made a comment in a thread I found in r/all. Apparently the thread was from a differen sub dedicated to some kind of bigotry, and making a single comment calling them bigots was enough to get me auto banned from an unrelated sub.
That was years ago, and I don't think it's gotten any better.
I got banned like this too. They told me I could swear I’d never participate in /r/conservative again and they’d remove the ban.
I told them to kiss my ass.
It bummed me out, but I wasn’t about to make that stupid promise.
I hardly ever paid attention to which sub I was in when I was browsing. It always bugged me when mods would come up with their own rules and then enforce them with an iron fist. Like I'm supposed to remember that /r/generictopic doesn't allow any mention of dogs or some other bullshit.
So when I got banned for something esoteric, I just blocked the sub and moved on with my life.
There were a few bans I contested, like when one sub banned me for hate speech. I responded "What hate speech?" And they said "We can read between the lines." and then they muted me for 30 days. So every 30 days I set a reminder to respond to their conversation. That went on for a few months, because I had nothing better to do with my time.
I was lurking on askhistorians for many years using my current lemmy username, until one time I thanked somebody for their contribution and got instantly permabanned for having a rude username. 🤷
I think I got banned from there, too, because I responded regarding a topic I know quite well, but I'm not a credentialed historian. I think they let me off with a warning, but I just blocked the sub. Wouldn't want to accidentally talk about history.