I just watched my kid take Jonny Silverhand on a rollercoaster ride next to the Grand Imperial Mall in Pacifica... apparently fixing the rollercoaster is an unmarked miniquest.
The longer I play this game, the more I learn...
TL;DR I got banned from an anti-Trump sub for making an anti-Trump post, and then was muted by an abusive mod after he tricked me into deleting it.
A long time ago I found that, out of nowhere, I was banned from participating in a very popular subreddit. There were no warnings, I had no history of suspensions, and I never had a posting removed or questioned by the mod team.
Turns out their mod bot determined that I was disqualfied from posting in the subreddit anymore because I, apparently, violated their unpublished "participating in disruptive subs" rule. I had no idea what the problem was, but the bot that banned me provided a "helpful" chat message telling me how to get unbanned.
Should have been a simple fix, right? Well, no, their bot f'ed it right up.
The bot's chat message said I could get unbanned if I followed its instructions to promise to not post any more in disruptive subs and to remove my offensive content. It also said: " if you have any questions, please reply to this message and we will review your request."
So, I sent a reply asking for it to tell me what offensive posts I have to remove to get unbanned. It didn't initially tell me what i posted to get banned, so i asked to find out what it was and so i could delete it. The bot immediately went nuclear on me. It instantly replied that I am permenently banned for failure to follow instructions...
... because I followed instructions. It told me to reply with quesions if I had one, I replied with a question, and it permabanned me in less than 5 seconds.
So, I appealed to the moderator team and got ahold of a human. I thought that this would go better than the bot because humans can comprehend context. So I asked for them to identiy the posting I made that offended them so I could delete it.
The mod's reply? "You know what you did."
That all they said. I was thinking to myself that this mod is f'ing rude but I kept my composure and politely asked again for them to identify the offending post so i can delete it. In true form, the mod replied back by simply stating their [unpublished, mind you] rules about participating in disruptive subs, and refused to tell me what post I made that got me flagged.
I didn't recall making any posts in that vein, so I implored again for them to please just tell me what i did wrong so i can delete it.
Here's the fun part where the mod tricked me into doing his dirty wotk and muted me.
Apparently this sub created a hidden rule that bans anyone who has ever posted in any conservative subs. Eventually the moderator sent me a link to a where I had an anti-Trump posting; I posted a news article showing that it wasn't immigramts that were killling pets and geese in Ohio, but it was rather some rando white guy.
That anti-Trump posting had flagged me as being in disruptive pro-Trump subs. It's clear that the popular sub I wanted to continue participating in had a strong anti-Orange Man stance which I am 100% onboard with.
So, once the moderator FINALLY pointed me to the posting that got me banned, I immediately deleted it and replied back to say it was deleted. Mission accomplished, anti-Trump posting removed. I should be good to get back into gear and resume participation, right? Wrong.
Crickets.
No reply from the mod. I tried replying again, and got no reply back. Mind you I had been very polite and cordial with all my messages. I tried again after some time passed anf still zero reply. I later used the sub's posted link to contact the mod team and see what's up with my ban. Crickets. They will not reply to me in any way.
So, it seems that some neckbeard mod tricked me into removing my anti-Trump post and then muted me to the whole mod team... in a sub that supposedly had an anti-Trump stance.
I now have no way to appeal my ban, and the reddit website does not provide any resources to users who experience abuse from moderators other than by trying to prove that a moderator violated their sub's rules. At this time, I am SOL and the only recourse I have is to bitch and moan about it.
This is why Reddit Mods have a bad name. Some MAGA mod infiltrating an anti-trump sub tricked me into removing anti-trump content, and then muted me to cover his tracks. F that dude.
As she's getting into her SUV to drive away after meeting you under the turnpike to strike a deal, Merideth's parting words are: "If you try to fuck me in any way, I'll be seeing you real soon."
Buwahahaha!