This is now the SECOND time reddit has given me a 7 day ban for report abuse, and it’s the second time the ban was total bullshit.
Both came for reporting content in r/Ukraine which had hit the front page. The first ban was for reporting a comment which used the word “orc” to describe Russian people multiple times and was, at least in my opinion, doing so in a clearly racially charged way. I actually got banned from the subreddit for commenting in that thread- someone was asking what orc meant and I said “it’s a dehumanizing term being used right now for Russian people.” Then I got the full-site ban. The admins lifted the ban when I appealed it. That comment has since been deleted.
This latest time was for reporting the literal beheading video that hit the front page. It was explicitly against reddit TOS.
I regularly report content in other subreddits that is openly racist or ridiculously, over the top gorey. Never once have I gotten hit was a “report abuse” ban. Why the fuck is there even a “report abuse” ban in the first place? How does it work? It seems to me like the mods of a subreddit can claim that a post or comment is having reports abused on it and the admins will just blanket ban everyone who reported it. Or is that just true for this particular subreddit?
I already wasn’t using Reddit because of the blackout, now they may have just made me never want to return even if they do cave on third party apps. This is just ridiculous.
Fwiw, I can kinda imagine putin as sauron, the rings would be all his rich buddies I guess? In this instance the one ring would be the people , sadly. The people always suffer cause of some asshole.
I understand it when people call specifically soldiers that, kind of like calling cops pigs, but when people start calling ALL russian people- regardless of their stance on the war- orcs I think it becomes a racialized term. Most of the major subreddits (like r/news, etc) have a similar view and take down comments using the term.
Fuck the invasion, it shouldn’t be happening and I hope that Ukraine comes out on top in the end, but that doesn’t excuse using racial slurs.
Yea sweeping generalizations suck, and shitting on people who are either forced or hoodwinked into that situation is highly questionable.
I got permanently suspended for report abuse two months ago. I still have no idea what exactly they mean by that or how it works, nor do I remember what I even reported the comments in question for. Some bullshit.
I’m glad it’s not just me; It’s really quite ridiculous. What’s the point of having a report button if they’ll ban you for using it?
Like, I understand that there’s a lot of people who make meme reports as jokes. I know that’s a problem, but I think you undercut the report system if you start banning people for reporting- especially when they actually believe they are making genuine reports
That’s terrible. I report stuff all the time on Reddit. Now I’m kind of afraid to.
They did that all the time for my accounts…
Even if the Russian people may have no choice other than gulag or die in Ukraine, at the point where someone attempts to murder you, I don’t think you need to stick with any decency in your language.
The beheading stuff is disgusting though. It is kinda a thing that would be necessary if it was happening in e.g. a prison of a civilised country, where it would not be expected.
But posting gory stuff from a warzone is certainly not necessary.Well, I think it may also serve a purpose. But Reddit should really adopt a NSFL tag for gore. I hope we get something like that here too.
