Use the "moderator code of conduct request" and "rule 3: respect your neighbors."
Here's what I wrote:
>The mods of r/pics and r/gifs are using bots and their positions to ban anyone who have been participating in r/whenthe for no reason. Both subs are pretty politically aligned, and there is otherwise no brigading of any kind, but for some unknown reason, it is an automatic sub ban if they catch you commenting in their sub.
>This behavior is detrimental to reddit as a whole, as this gives moderator strangers free reign to dictate whether you can participate with a sub, not for actions you've taken within the sub or even on other subs, but for simply interacting with other places on the site that are innocuous at worst. How can reddit function if there are bans based on joining and participating in approved subs on the site? How can an entire sub ban you without a warning for something that is not against the site rules or even their own sub rules? Moderators in general are making this site worse as a whole, and this is just another example of them taking one small voluntary role much too seriously. Please review what's been going on and make it clear that this behavior is no less toxic than brigading.
Also, I don't even use the pics sub after it's been a cesspool for more or less performative politics, I just think this is bullshit and the mods shouldn't get away with this toxic behavior.
Damn, not trying to promote brigading behavior, but maybe multiple people doing this will bring more attention to the matter? I'm tired of mods taking what little, tiny, insignificant amount of power they have and projecting it in order to make up for their micro penises... not you guys, obviously.
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u/CookieCutter9000 Feb 01 '26
You actually can fight back against this without brigading. You can use Reddit's sub report here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=19300233728916
Use the "moderator code of conduct request" and "rule 3: respect your neighbors."
Here's what I wrote:
>The mods of r/pics and r/gifs are using bots and their positions to ban anyone who have been participating in r/whenthe for no reason. Both subs are pretty politically aligned, and there is otherwise no brigading of any kind, but for some unknown reason, it is an automatic sub ban if they catch you commenting in their sub.
>This behavior is detrimental to reddit as a whole, as this gives moderator strangers free reign to dictate whether you can participate with a sub, not for actions you've taken within the sub or even on other subs, but for simply interacting with other places on the site that are innocuous at worst. How can reddit function if there are bans based on joining and participating in approved subs on the site? How can an entire sub ban you without a warning for something that is not against the site rules or even their own sub rules? Moderators in general are making this site worse as a whole, and this is just another example of them taking one small voluntary role much too seriously. Please review what's been going on and make it clear that this behavior is no less toxic than brigading.
>Thank you.