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r/technology only accepts links to major publications. Unfortunately, this is not clearly stated in their rules and leads to unknowing posters getting banned.
I didn't know that! Maybe they should put that in guidelines or not permaban people?
You violated Reddit's self promotion rules by only posting your own content to that subreddit multiple times and are railing against the mods for doing their job? https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion And you're posting the complain on HN which also has a rule against it: >Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curios…
> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
Are there more specific guidelines regarding this? This account is directly linked to my real name/identity, so I use it for posting comments that I'm okay with signing my identity to, and so far have only submitted content of my own creation. It seems that linking my true identity to publicizing something that someone else can change to say whatever they want, is a poor choice, so I have a separate anonymous account that I use to submit articles from the internet at large.
I don't think that what I'm doing is outside the intended spirit of the rule, but I may be wrong here and would love to know if so.
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I feel like other technology subreddits I follow (including /r/ruby) have mostly only people posting their own stuff. I don't know if the rule is still commonly an enforced rule on other parts of reddit though? I am sure there are redditors who don't know it though, based on /r/ruby. (I post other people's stuff to /r/ruby, but I think this is maybe rare on /r/ruby? Once someone actually got mad at me for posting his…
> Is it normal to get perma-banned from a subreddit on reddit Generally, yes. I prefer to use temporary bans myself but there are a lot of mods who use the permaban first and then gauge your reaction when you modmail to ask why you've been banned. Also, tons of really bad mods on the site. No one disputes this.
What sort of a reaction do they want?
Mostly, this makes me glad I use reddit as little as I do.
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> Is it normal to get perma-banned from a subreddit on reddit Generally, yes. I prefer to use temporary bans myself but there are a lot of mods who use the permaban first and then gauge your reaction when you modmail to ask why you've been banned. Also, tons of really bad mods on the site. No one disputes this.
> and then gauge your reaction What sort of a reaction do they want? Mostly, this makes me glad I use reddit as little as I do.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModerationMediation/comments/v7xhu5...
> Many subreddits start with a permaban just to test how the rule breaker responds. Are they reasonable, contrite, and willing to promise not to break the rules again? This can be a great filter as to whether or not the person should be allowed to participate in the future, or is most likely going to be a headache in the future.