Not sure if it’s just me but Reddit has been feeling a bit weird lately.
Seeing more posts about bans, shadowbans, AI stuff popping up, and even some big threads don’t really feel as “normal” or casual as they used to.
Could just be overthinking it or spending too much time here tbh.
Been messing around with a small side project called Hideout that kind of came from that feeling — just trying to make something more low pressure and simple to use, nothing big.
Anyone else noticed this or nah?
Reddit is fully leaning into their AI for all moderation decisions. It started with violence, and now they’re expanding into racism. The problem with this AI model is it’s tuned really, really badly.
For example: you cannot post instructions for how to save someone from a dog attack (because it involves using a belt to choke the dog). The AI considers this violence, even though you are trying to save their life.
For racism, you cannot quote anyone. If a store manager tells you “don’t sell to black people,” and you go to Reddit to complain, quoting what your manager told you will get you suspended.
You used to be able to dispute these false warnings and Reddit was still usable, but now they’re being either ignored or denied for unexplained reasons.
Reddit just does not give a shit anymore. If 15% of their users are struggling to use the site, they think it’s acceptable.
I got a Reddit ban for quoting a game on the game’s sub and all my appeals were ignored in spite of trying to explain it. Their AI moderation is HORRIBLE at picking up nuance and intent of the users.
It’s also ideological thing you can fly under the radar, but my last 2 bans mentioned Theil and Tan, I don’t think it’s a coincidence.
Like I wasn’t even saying they should die, I just joked about them in a comment that also joked about death. But I guess they’re using the dumbest AI possible to process these bans.
Nope, I think you are right on point with that. I’ve seen users say they got strikes/bans and their comments removed for speaking out against any of those people and their friends and there’s clearly a push for anti-left content + some communities critical of the current American government get buried.