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Got banned from 2 subreddits last month for comments I thought were fine, and I finally figured out why
So about 3 weeks ago I got banned from a home brewing forum for a comment about bottle carbonation, and then the same thing happened on a trucking board over a reply about hours of service rules. I kept telling myself it was just mods on a power trip, but then I went back and actually reread both comments. In the brewing one I had typed "anyone who kegs is just scared of waiting" and in the other I called a guy a "glorified steering wheel holder" for asking a basic logbook question. I always thought getting banned meant you said something true that people could not handle, but nope, I was just being a jerk and dressing it up as an opinion. Has anyone else gone back and read their own ban message and realized the mod was actually right?
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cameron6841mo ago
Used to roll my eyes at ban stories too, figured it was always thin skinned mods. Then I got the boot from a fishing group for telling a guy his knot was "amateur hour garbage" when he was just asking for help. Reread it a week later and cringed hard, dude was brand new and I jumped on him for no reason. The mod message was short but fair, and it made me realize being blunt is not the same as being right.
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