I think the majority of people here understand the new issues with Reddit, but today it struck me that there must be a bigger plan. Almost everyone has a “not sure why I was banned” story. Then there’s the severely limited new user journey that needs to be followed in order to eventually become able to “freely” use Reddit. Eg. You can only post in these groups or can’t comment on this etc. All in the name of spam prevention, apparently.
But what if it was more about something else, eg. At some point they l announce that paying for a Reddit premium account allows you to be unbanned and free to do whatever you want.
What other reasons or ideas can you think of, that mass banning users, (some with years of age and contributions, some of them mods.) could be the first step in a plan to capitalize. It might be very obvious to some , I’d like to hear what you think.
It just seems like actively killing your brand is too stupid of an idea for the Reddit creators.
Also… think of how many new users are sent to post on a selected list of sub Reddits , because they have no restrictions. Why would anyone looking to grow their sub Reddit not want to be on that list, yet it’s so limited. Who decided the list? Why?
There is always a bigger plan.
My guess would be that the banning are just part of an automated process. If you believe they’re seemingly random.
I accused them of that in a message to clarify my ban reason which wasn’t covered in the rule they cited and they just replied with the usual form reply and then at the bottom was something like this was not an automated decision. Well someone sure has their finger on the button then because it took all of 0.5sec after my comment. I believe there have been filters put in place that automatically ban people for speaking ill of the president.
So I guess my question should have encouraged more of the imagination. What could they be doing , if they weren’t doing the seemingly obvious.