So, I posted a simple Roku fix on Reddit — just explaining how to get actual antenna channels back instead of their ad-stuffed “Live TV” hub.

The post took off fast-within 90 minutes: • 8,000+ views • 12 upvotes • Dozens of people thanking me for the fix

Then… moderators nuked it as a repost.

Sequence of Events: 1. I politely asked what rule I’d broken. 2. Mod replied: “I don’t know, nor is it relevant to your ban.” 3. I joked: “Ok thank you, Paul Blart. 🙄” 4. Instantly → permanent ban + mute.

Screenshots confirmed: no rule violation, just a mod having a day.

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Follow-up Attempts: • Tried posting the story in r/help and r/ideasfortheadmins. • AutoMod deleted both — apparently the word “ban” is illegal now. • Tried to share it elsewhere, but at this point Reddit moderation feels like TSA confiscating nail clippers while waving through flamethrowers.

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Takeaway: It’s wild when platforms value control over community. I literally helped people watch TV again — and got banned for it.

Give someone a little power, and it goes straight to their head.

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The irony? My Roku fix worked. Thousands saw it before it vanished. So somewhere out there, people are happily watching TV — thanks to a guy Reddit decided to erase.

Stay tuned for Volume 2: “AutoMod vs The Word ‘Ban’.”

  • Dbanno@lemmy.worldOP
    15·
    2 days ago

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    Didn’t mean to spark a sociology thesis — I just got banned for fixing Roku. 😂

    Apologies if this isn’t the right forum — it’s my first post and first Lemmy experience.

    Here’s the Roku fix for those asking: 1️⃣ Add at least one of your antenna channels to Favorites first. 2️⃣ Then hover over the Live TV tile on your Roku home screen for a few seconds. 3️⃣ It should auto-open straight into your antenna feed (not the ad-stuffed “Live TV” hub). 4️⃣ Do this a few times — it seems to “train” the TV to default back to your real over-the-air channels.

    Doesn’t matter whether “Hide Streaming Channels” is on or off — this trick forces it back to antenna mode. ✅ Still works as of 11-1-25.

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    Side note on the “AI wrote this” comments: I didn’t use ChatGPT to pretend to be smart — I used it the same way we all use spellcheck, Grammarly, or code formatters: to make my thoughts read cleaner instead of rambling.

    It’s funny that on a tech platform, of all places, using a tool that helps structure text offends some folks. 😅

    The ideas are mine — I just used something to help me say them clearly. Seems like that’s kind of the point of technology, no?

    • lividweasel@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 days ago

      When a post is formatted as if an AI wrote it, it becomes hard to tell if the thoughts are those of the person or the AI. At least with shitty granmar or spelling, one can be reasonably sure that the thoughts of the person are being expressed, which is (IMO) more important than making things look pretty.

      • Dbanno@lemmy.worldOP
        4·
        2 days ago

        That’s fair. But for someone like me who has a hard time being clear and concise GPT or any tool that can render my babbling into a clear coherent statement is helpful. I still have to review , edit , and finalize.

    • bryndos@fedia.io
      4·
      2 days ago

      Didn’t mean to spark a sociology thesis

      Be careful what you say where on lemmy then. This type of outcome is pretty much par for the course for a shitpost. Stick to the politics thread if you want a lighthearted shitty experience.

      ps- whats a roku? and if you’re so into technology and all why are you not just using nixos? It can do anything else that any other thing can do with just one awesome config file??? /j

      pps - If you can rile up tankies, linux users and get a sociology thesis out of someone all in one shitpost, then you’ll win a lemming-turd-cake - one of the highest honours in all shitpostdom.