I got permanently banned recently from Reddit, about 3 or 4 days ago. Probably because I used the word ‘kill’ or ‘die’ in a sentence that they didn’t agree with that wasn’t in any particular way wishing for the death of someone in particular.
But during my 2 months of time being there, it was a miserable experience. I was glad to partake in the vastness of the community but getting anything engaging was really a problem. My profile was riddled with so many posts that got removed because Reddit’s filter system removed them. And if I somehow did bypass it by whatever, my posts were removed by automods or moderators who simply didn’t agree with what I wanted to talk about that didn’t involve them.
It’s a very ban-happy of discouraging proportions place. I don’t know anymore as to who Reddit is really for, other than just artificially inflating numbers to make advertisers and whoever happy that have stakes in Reddit.
Besides, I have a theory platforms without post hiding features and heavily dependent on algorithm make their userbases be on a constant state of FOMO, which by extension makes them constantly stressed, which makes them more aggressive.