I’ve received this message on my inbox just a few hours after deleting my posts (all of them) last night.
I’m just glad to know where they stand.
And yes, I know that a lot of people have unsavory views about that subreddit, but I guess there’s just no accounting for taste.
Note how they simply said “because you broke this community’s rules” without saying which. It’s a type of kafkatrapping, a scummy but rather effective way to enforce hidden rules - if I don’t tell you what you did, you can’t prove that you didn’t, so everybody else will assume that you did.
The admins in special really like this, with some ban messages being like “you broke the content policy” or “multiple, repeated violations of the content policy” (even after you did one thing). Perhaps not surprisingly some mods more “in-touch” with the admins do the same.
TL;DR: even if Reddit wasn’t going down, see this as a blessing disguised as a curse. You’ve avoided shitty mods.
Kafkatrapping is something that I’m somehow vaguely aware of, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of it by name. Thanks for the link. It was a good read.
Now, for the main point: yes, I am somehow glad this happened. To be honest, while I don’t align that well with most of their userbase, I’ve always respected the content the contributors over there put out, and I’ve felt that it’s one of the things I’d sorely miss upon leaving. However, this has basically made not turning back at all a lot easier.