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Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit
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this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2026
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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....
*28 day mute :)
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.
Can confirm, got permbanned for clowning on Nazis. It is a badge of honor to wear with pride.
I got a 3 day ban for suggesting Venezualans "return the favor" on Trump.
Not if the Iranians return their favour first...
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...
At least they're politely lining up to do it.
Oh sorry, I meant cue... I always get those mixed up...
Same
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