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Used to think getting banned meant you were right. Now I see it differently after a Reddit mod showed me the receipts.
Back in 2022 I got banned from a gardening sub for calling someone's compost method 'lazy.' I was so proud of that ban, posted it everywhere like a badge of honor. But then a mod from a different sub DMed me screenshots of my own comment history where I was just being a jerk for no reason. I mean, I thought I was standing up for 'real gardening' but I was just gatekeeping. Now I check myself before I hit post. Has anyone else had that moment where you look back at your own 'free speech' and realize you were just being a tool?
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the_uma4d ago
April 2020 I called someone an idiot on a cooking sub and a mod sent me my own comments.
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the_uma4d ago
That's a really soft way to look at it honestly. Getting banned from a subreddit is often a sign you hit a nerve with people who can't handle a dose of reality. Sometimes 'gatekeeping' is just another word for having standards, and the internet is FULL of people who want to lower the bar for everyone else. A mod showing you your own comments doesn't automatically mean you were wrong, it means they had a personal grudge and wasted time digging through your history. If you were actually being a tool, fine, but most of the time these bans come from mods who are power-tripping and can't stand being contradicted. Calling a lazy compost method 'lazy' isn't being a jerk, it's being honest.
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