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Re: Ask HN: Is anyone else feeling bad about Reddit's mechanisms

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Post by SmolSpideritito » Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC

1337h4xx wrote: post #10

SmolSpideritito wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, I've been on Twitter before. I've seen the @RedditLies account and I think there's really too much gunk to sift through, never had the time to check how much of it was true. I appreciate the sentiment though.

you could look those up on Reddit too since that's where you belong.

Well if you mean I'm a shameful person for all of my personal life failures, you're probably right.. I think I disappointed you though, because even thinking of going on reddit these days makes me feel torn and miserable so I actively avoid it..

Thanks for the sentiment regardless, maybe one day I wil be able to fulfil your expectations by creating an alt to ask about troubleshooting home electricity questions... but in the meantime I don't feel being on reddit (where I should belong..)

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone else feeling bad about Reddit's mechanisms

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Post by SmolSpideritito » Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 7:20 AM UTC

owebmaster wrote: post #9

Yeah I got banned for the same reason with them recommending content from a sub that I was randomly banned! Reddit is ridiculous.

It's basically a matter of time before the algo pushes banned subs to your feed again and you get perma'ed so it's probably better to cut your losses early and get your information elsewhere

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone else feeling bad about Reddit's mechanisms

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Post by SmolSpideritito » Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 7:22 AM UTC

tim-tday wrote: post #8

I disagreed with something they did two years ago so I deleted my account(s) banned them with my ad blocker and went on with my life. I don’t even remember what it was. Probably something about monetizing user content or how they treated mods. All the time you get back from Reddit is time to live the other parts of your life. One downside is that my writing voice gets less practice, but the solution to that is easy.…

writing practice can be gotten anywhere hahah, there are tonnes of discourse communities on other social media and even message boards.

I just lament being able to pop into something like r/homeappliances to ask for device troubleshooting advice, but its water under the bridge at this point

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone else feeling bad about Reddit's mechanisms

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Post by ethanmiller2222 » Mon, Aug 03, 2026, 5:20 AM UTC

SmolSpideritito wrote: post #12

owebmaster wrote: post #9

Yeah I got banned for the same reason with them recommending content from a sub that I was randomly banned! Reddit is ridiculous.

It's basically a matter of time before the algo pushes banned subs to your feed again and you get perma'ed so it's probably better to cut your losses early and get your information elsewhere

Reddit has changed, my account from 2019 was banned and I’ve appealed countless times and there is no warning or anything I’ve gotten before as my account has never been banned from any sub or gotten any violations and in 2022 I’ve been hit with a your accounts are now permanently suspended due to repeated content policy violations. I’ve lost all hope in Reddit. That account was very sentimental to me. There is nothing else you can go, answers.com banned me for some dumb comment I’ve made, Quora isn’t as useful as Reddit and yahoo and Google answers is gone. There’s really no place you can go for asking or answering questions. I’ve learned to accept it for what it is.

Re: Ask HN: Is anyone else feeling bad about Reddit's mechanisms

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Post by mnepoxyi » Mon, Aug 03, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC

ethanmiller2222 wrote: post #14

SmolSpideritito wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's basically a matter of time before the algo pushes banned subs to your feed again and you get perma'ed so it's probably better to cut your losses early and get your information elsewhere

Reddit has changed, my account from 2019 was banned and I’ve appealed countless times and there is no warning or anything I’ve gotten before as my account has never been banned from any sub or gotten any violations and in 2022 I’ve been hit with a your accounts are now permanently suspended due to repeated content policy violations. I’ve lost all hope in Reddit. That account was very sentimental to me. There is nothi…

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