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Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit (piunikaweb.com)
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Paul McCartney’s official Reddit account seems to have been banned. The account, u/paulmccartney, had just dropped a set of photos and videos from the first night of his shows at the Fonda Theatre. It went straight into the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit. Then, not long after, the whole thing disappeared.

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[-] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

Nobody knows yet what triggered the ban. It could have been an automatic system, a moderator decision, or even some glitch with account verification. Reddit has not said a word about it.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 weeks ago

probably thier AI moderation, which is does it arbitrarily.

[-] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

A moderator cannot BAN your account. They can ban you from posting on their subreddit, and can, often baselessly, get you reported to admins (who 100% of the time side with the moderators), usually flagging any kind of modmail conduct as "threatening or harassment".

I've literally got a warning because I dared to ask a mod why they banned me - their response being a 30 day mute and a report to the admins about "Hey! I was wondering why you banned me, as I don't think my comment broke any of the rules of the sub or Reddit" being threatening, and harassment....

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I've been temp banned from Reddit multiple times now, for simply opposing genocide & war on behalf of Israel. People getting banned from Reddit should be seen as a badge of honor & means they're likely doing something right.

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Can confirm, got permbanned for clowning on Nazis. It is a badge of honor to wear with pride.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Queue nazi-sympathizers showing up to say "yOu CaN't JuSt CaLl AnYoNe YoU dIsAgReE wItH a NaZi!!1!1"

My brother in christ, the dude was wearing a red armband with a swastika and doing nazi salutes...

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Queue

At least they're politely lining up to do it.

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