Got myself banned from a serious sub by engaging in a crosspost in a different satirical sub
Earlier today, I was scrolling down my home page, and a post from AmITheAngel finds its way into my eyeballs. I don’t even remember what it was titled, barely looked at that part as it contained a cross-post link for someone who posted to OUTFITS. The outfit was quite eccentric but also HELLA cute, so naturally I click on it to go read the ACTUAL post itself instead of the goobers poking fun at it.
Once I’m there, I see that OP had some mild drama with a friend regarding her sense of style mentioned in the fill title, and after seeing the picture of this cool fit and reading the vaguely rude text message screencap that went with it, I begin reading the actual post itself… big mistake. This girl proceeds to go on one of the longest shaggy dog stories I’ve ever seen, and it was bad-bad.
There are like five named people (only one of whom is actually relevant to her problem), a section about how long a commute somewhere is via bus versus car, a section talking about helping her friend move, a bit about hitting up a clearance section in a Macy’s and using the bathroom, it just goes and goes and goes. Eventually, after what I estimate was about two bananas worth of reading, the actual problem is introduced, and it’s simply that her friend thought the outfit was too extra and left a hangout very early because of it.
After reading so many words that say so little, I comment something supportive of the questioned outfit and a dash of advice about the unsupportive friend, while also mentioning how all the extra details made it confusing to understand when all put together. Comment dropped, I return to the crossposted discussion, and see that practically all the comments are about how convoluted and bizarre the entire story was. No one hating on the girl herself or the outfit, no one being mean or ugly about it, just a lot of “OMG WHY DID I READ ALL THAT.” Normal stuff, I think to myself, so I leave a couple of lighthearted comments about the sea of words I just drowned in and move on with my day.
Fast forward a few hours, I get a mod-mail from the OUTFITS team— uh-oh, I got PERMABANNED for, in their words, “participation in posts that take photos from other redditors without consent for the purpose of harassment.” Naturally baffled and alarmed, I ask the mods to clarify, and they just kept rephrasing the same thing. Even after reviewing their rules, there’s nothing stated that directly would lead to this ban. Apparently, even being a member of AmITheAngel or the various circlejerk communities is bannable there, and that seems completely bonkers to me. Like, how are these communities even open if they’re allegedly so against TOS and Reddit rules?
Now, this story has been booted off BOTH main “Am I the AH” subreddits before I could even get any answers, which I guess pretty conclusively mean I am in fact the a-hole. At this point, nobody has really clarified what exact rule got broken so I can like, you know, not do it again? So now I’m sitting here, just wondering how this weird little pocket of the internet stays even remotely functional with such convoluted and unclear rules… whatever, I’ll just stick to passionately discussing imaginary things and pointless memes from now on, happier with all my fellow weirdos anyway.