So, I posted a simple Roku fix on Reddit — just explaining how to get actual antenna channels back instead of their ad-stuffed “Live TV” hub.
The post took off fast-within 90 minutes: • 8,000+ views • 12 upvotes • Dozens of people thanking me for the fix
Then… moderators nuked it as a repost.
Sequence of Events: 1. I politely asked what rule I’d broken. 2. Mod replied: “I don’t know, nor is it relevant to your ban.” 3. I joked: “Ok thank you, Paul Blart. 🙄” 4. Instantly → permanent ban + mute.
Screenshots confirmed: no rule violation, just a mod having a day.
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Follow-up Attempts: • Tried posting the story in r/help and r/ideasfortheadmins. • AutoMod deleted both — apparently the word “ban” is illegal now. • Tried to share it elsewhere, but at this point Reddit moderation feels like TSA confiscating nail clippers while waving through flamethrowers.
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Takeaway: It’s wild when platforms value control over community. I literally helped people watch TV again — and got banned for it.
Give someone a little power, and it goes straight to their head.
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The irony? My Roku fix worked. Thousands saw it before it vanished. So somewhere out there, people are happily watching TV — thanks to a guy Reddit decided to erase.
Stay tuned for Volume 2: “AutoMod vs The Word ‘Ban’.”
Some clarity — this was actually my first Reddit post ever. I didn’t know about the “no repost” rule until after I got the removal notice.
The first message I received didn’t mention reposting at all — it just said the post was removed and suggested I try a different forum. Here’s the screenshot of that message:
After a quick search I saw a few suggestions saying “remove brand names, it might look like a bot promo,” so I edited and reposted. It stayed up for almost two hours and people were saying thank you, so I figured it was fine.
When the mod later said it was a reposting violation, I asked what the original issue was so I could avoid it next time. The reply I got was basically, “I don’t care, I just don’t have the power to fix this even though your post is clearly fine.”
As for tone — sure, I called him Paul Blart, but his comments had a definite “read the TOS, dummy” vibe, so I matched the energy. 😅
Yes. You didn’t know you had to read the rules before posting. Happens to all of us. But the second time, you again reposted without reading the rules. The “try posting somewhere else” message AFIK wasn’t even sent by the mods but a generic reddit message. Yet eve though the suggestion was to literally POST SOMEWHERE ELSE, you decided to post on the same community.
If you wanted to know why you post was removed, you should have asked the original and try to work with them. The second mod is following the rules.
Automod isn’t gonna negotiate with you. Stop simping for reddit mods lol
I’m not simping for them. But bad people can also be right. In THIS case, from what I can tell, the actions were justified. I do believe that is 99% likely that the original takedown was BS, but after that, op was in the wrong
You clearly do not understand how reddit moderation works. Unless mods actively choose to be known, your message goes to a general queue one of any number of mods can read, respond to, and hide from the other mods. Worse still, you have no idea which mod took action, and in this case it was an auto or AI mod first.