In a post regarding climate change I called another user an “Ignorant Slut” like that line from the Office. Anyways got permanently banned site wide and I just can’t help but wonder if that was necessary.

It’s not like I say that all the time, it was a one off instance and they just remove me from their site. I don’t mind it so much since it’s just a Reddit Account but it is really annoying since I can’t help but feel the admins had it out for me as they banned my account unjustly before and then reinstated it. But this time the ignorant slut was all the reason they needed to remove me from their existence.

Anyways just wanted to rant to the void on how dumb Reddit can be sometimes.

  • Lvxferre
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    1 year ago

    The administration of that site is as context-illiterate as most of the userbase. They don’t get that an expression like “ignorant slut” changes meaning depending on context, and that in your case you were drawing a reference to pop culture.

    That can be used both ways, by the way. When I still had Reddit accounts, you have no idea on how much I capitalised on that context illiteracy to insult other users. Things like:

    • “An actual human being, unlike you, would quickly understand this.”
    • “I understand that the concept of intellectual honesty might be a bit too complex for something like you to grasp, but you can always try it.”
    • “Contrariwise to what you thought through your whole life, thinking doesn’t hurt.”
    • Heavily implying that the user is a pig or barn animal.
    • Heavy usage of “it” towards users behaving in a specially irrational (obtuse, assumptive, wishful thinking) way.

    Can you guess how many bans I got out of that? Zero. The only time that I got a site-wide ban was for telling a Nazi something like “if you like your daddy Hitler so much then shoot yourself like it did”.

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        1 year ago

        Presenting the context this way is a good way to ensure that reasonable readers take it into account. Sadly the admins are not reasonable.