r/RedditForGrownups:

u/TheBodyPolitic1

No surprise, you posting history is mostly in /r/teenagers
u/TheBodyPolitic1

Yeah, obviously people are hostile. Mods are making the opening move in the interaction – they’ve nullified the user’s thoughts and feelings usually without notice or warning. That happens. It also happens that some rando is totally obnoxious for no apparent reason and then gets angry when their content is removed. Then to get it reversed you have to prove your worth as a human to a faceless bureaucracy. Only to, usually, get told no; your idea didn’t actually have any worth. That happens. It also happens that people post with complete disregard to reasonable rules. Yes, many subreddits have too many and unreasonable rules. Sometimes all people need to do is to clarify where they were coming from. I’ve been on both sides of that. I’m just saying if your point is “consider the human” mods are very often guilty. True. Often they aren’t and often the users are the problem. Often people simply take umbrage because it was THEIR content that was policed. Many adults, on and off reddit, lack the ability to admit they are wrong or that others have a point. So you get threads like this where ALL MODS ARE CONTROL FREAKS filling up the comments.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

Without statistics that likely don’t exist we will never know if that is true or not. I can tell you that in my experience as a mod, most people are hostile from the first message when they contact you about a removed post or a ban.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

/u/Mynameisnotdoug you are a tease!
u/TheBodyPolitic1

I’ve modded many subreddits, some large ones. I can’t agree with you. As a user you just don’t see a lot of crap that would spoil conversations that are quietly removed behind the scenes. I haven’t liked the ways I’ve been treated on some other subreddits so I get where you are coming from. I’ve been angry about it, but I haven’t resorted to childish name calling. Often the mods in those situations just aren’t willing to communicate. I have no idea what they are like as people. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them did have unhappy lives. OTOH I have also seen many examples users saying everything with the system is wrong because it was THEIR posting that was policed.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

Those are places are set up for talking about post-ban angst.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

I’ve undone a lot of bans the next day when people explained their situations to me. Interestingly, a lot of people I’ve banned have never contacted me. Never said a word. That never used to the case. I would get a lot of messages, even from unapologetic people who did pretty egregious things.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

I agree 100% it is a bad idea. I also think it juvenile to impugn the adulthood of anyone posting something you don’t like.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

It is. If a mod reports you to Reddit for ban evasion your account gets suspended.
u/TheBodyPolitic1

Dam.