I was posting some comments on Reddit, in the “Privacy” subreddit, about better privacy options than Android or iOS—like GrapheneOS. I just received a message from the bot deleting my posts that mentioned GrapheneOS or other privacy-friendly operating systems. I accept this, since I’m not the owner of the subreddit. But with all due respect, what’s the point of having a place to discuss privacy if comments recommending great privacy-focused OS alternatives get deleted? I don’t get it.
It seems like people in that community want privacy, but apparently not enough to have an open discussion about alternatives. Sure, some people might disagree—that’s normal in any discussion! Should we stop talking about the NSA because some people support what they do? I doubt anyone would suggest that.
Am I missing something here? Maybe I just don’t understand the reasoning.
I got perma-banned and modmail-muted for talking about the rule, not the OS itself. The moderators are a bunch of absolute fucks and don’t give a single shit either. I did not break the rule, but got perma-banned. Then got perma-banned from Reddit for “ban evasion” because I messaged the moderators about my wrongful subreddit ban. My appeal was denied. Fuck em.
They’re as crazy as Musk. My whole household got permabanned because we used the same device for our accounts, and one person was suspended for some reason. They then accused us all of ban evasion and permanently banned us all.
Am I missing something here?
Yeah, it’s reddit, expect nonsense.
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Just ignore Reddit. Pretend it doesn’t even exist. It’ll go the way of Digg soon enough.
here’s hoping
“the GrapheneOS developers do not wish to use reddit as a platform to discuss their products”
No one is making them. But they can’t prohibit others from doing so. Also the mods don’t give a fuck. What an idiotic excuse.
Downvoted. You didn’t read the rules of the sub. Yes, you should be allowed to do it, morally speaking. But if you red their notice you’ll realise exactly why you aren’t allowed to do so. Anyway welcome to Lemmy
A group having rule is fine, in fact it’s needed for the group to sustain over time.
Unfortunately if this group is hoarding a resources, here a very popular meeting point for people who (in theory) care about “privacy” then the rule itself does not have to be “fair” or “right”.
So sure, when joining a group one must aware of the rules of said group, but it does not in itself means the rules of that group are automatically correct. I’m not saying here the rule is fine (I do have a personal opinion about it) but rather that this kind of event if precisely canary in the coalmine showing the genuine nature of the group, not what its name claims to be.
Your complaint is genuine and I assure you that the sentiment is shared amongst many people here. I do not like that sub for its excessively tight policies. You must also consider that Reddit has its eye on that sub since it might spread awareness to other Reddit users and harm Reddit’s bottom line.
Either way, I stick to Lemmy and Kbin. Reddit doesn’t let me create accounts over TOR and I2P anymore, which means I’m not going to be able to participate anyway.
You are right, I didn’t read the rules. But, as you said, I should be able as it isn’t an illegal topic mentioning privacy orientated os. Should I read every line of rule of each and everything I buy/use? Definitely. Do I? Nope, and I don’t think anyone does as we usually tend to apply common sense. And again, you are right, but I think, as that’s the point of my post, it is nonsense having that rule in a privacy forum. It is like not being able to mention chocolate in a bakery.
I can’t remember any time in the last 2 years before I deleted my reddit account where a post I made didn’t get auto-moderated.
To be honest, the explanation given in the screenshot makes sense. Whilst it’s frustrating, if the mods have had past problems with arguments over OSes (and there are dedicated subs for them), I can somewhat understand the reason for the rule.
how do you discuss privacy on android devices if you can’t even do so much as mention the name of an android rom. this is truly insane.
But, wasn’t it better to ban users that are creating that issue without being polite, rather than banning some healthy topics and discussions?
Glad I deleted my account last week.
Recently there was a discussion about an r/privacy mod, carrotcypher. they have been mod on that sub since before the reddit exodus but they are making very strange decisions, to put it lightly. maybe this is their work too
Reddit moment
The only thing to post on reddit, is that Lemmy is better
Eh, I get the rule. On the surface, it seems stupid because the subject of rom options is pretty integral to privacy
However, discussion of roms tends to always devolve into what amounts to fanboyism at some point. You end up with a lot of “yeah, but” and “but they are/aren’t” that covers the same ground every single time, and users have to wade through the bullshit to get to anything useful.
It’s the same conversation every time, so you reach a point where it’s better to just outright ban rom/os so that other issues aren’t drowned by that.
It’s damned if you don’t damned if you do, there’s no good choice, so you make the choice that’s less hassle on average
Google is a Reddit partner now, so they probably don’t want discussion of anything that removes them from the loop, thus privacy is very limited to “privacy from everyone but Google” or whatever corporate blob is currently funding Reddit. This is why Reddit is dead to me, basically it is now all about profit and communities can only exist if they contribute to that goal.
reddit = garbage , thats all this is
I mean it’s reddit. Example: I used to get on there from time to time, I’m fairly involved in homelessness services. Almost every time someone gets on there asking for help with food and I send them a link to food kitchens, food banks and other actual social services they can use to get themselves back on their feet, it gets pulled with an explanation of something like “well, we were just hoping for general advice not anything practical” from whatever mod removes the comment. I have some opinions on that.
It’s less to do with your comments, more to do with the platform and the specific mods
