points by firesteelrain 1 day ago | 0 comments
I was banned from subreddits for belonging to r/conservative. Mods wanted me to disavow that subreddit to atone for the sin of belonging to that subreddit.
[–] AngryData 6 hours ago
[–] freecodeio 19 hours ago
tbh it's quite a sin to belong to that subreddit, might as well as just inject bleach and it's the same level of stupidity
[–] firesteelrain 18 hours ago
It’s censorship
[–] freecodeio 18 hours ago
the sub that censors the rest of the reddit userbase gets censored by the rest of the reddit userbase, color me surprised
[–] firesteelrain 17 hours ago
It wants you to have a conservative viewpoint. But it doesn't ban you if you join like say r/AdviceAnimals which 2 years ago many subreddits were taken over when Trump was running for office again. r/AdviceAnimals and others were banning those that were members of r/conservative.
Reddit took action in March 5, 2026 to stop that practice.
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1rllqrw/ban_bot_po...
There is a policy of ideological gatekeeping by certain Moderators.
[–] freecodeio 17 hours ago
> It wants you to have a conservative viewpoint.
no it bans you for not having a conservative viewpoint, that's completely different from wanting you
Hell there were even multiple political sub moderator purges that were right out in the open. Entire mod lists changing over night in multiple subs even way back.