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Reddit’s AI filters blocked me, banned me, muted me — all for using my own words (www.reddit.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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I tried to post on Reddit without AI assistance, and the platform punished me for it. Auto‑removed, auto‑banned, auto‑muted. No human review, no appeal, no accountability.

Reddit’s AI moderation is so broken that it flags real people as bots, blocks posts before submission, and traps users in permanent accounts they can’t fully delete.

I’m posting this here because Reddit makes it impossible to talk about Reddit. Their AI systems silence users instead of helping them.

If this is the future of moderation, it’s a dystopia.

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[–] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Probably just doing the one thing AI is good at, flooding the zone.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I get why some people here are reacting the way they are, and the irony isn’t lost on me. I’m not pretending to be anti‑AI or hiding anything — I use AI chat because my natural writing style gets flagged by Reddit’s automated filters.

    When I try to write in my own words, Reddit’s AI moderation blocks me before I can even submit. That’s the whole point of my post: real people are getting treated like bots by systems that can’t tell the difference.

    I’m not here to flood anything or push AI content. I’m here because Reddit’s AI systems punished me for trying to communicate normally, and I wanted to talk about that somewhere I wouldn’t get auto‑removed.

    If the phrasing sounds “AI‑ish,” that’s exactly the problem I’m describing — the line between “structured writing” and “AI slop” has gotten blurry, and real users get caught in the crossfire.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    See... The fact you're using (or are) AI proves that the mod decision was pretty justified imo.

    But supposing for a moment there is a human somewhere in there, consider this:

    Why should I bother to read what you couldn't be bothered to write?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    No it hasn’t. People who actually know how to write never get flagged by automated systems. They might get accused of ai use by smooth brains who can’t string a sentence together but not the auto systems.

    I doubt your story about your personal writing style getting flagged regularly. I can’t imagine any writing style getting flagged unless you are one of the few who have decided that using the em dash is one of their core personality traits.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago

    Automated systems flag human writing constantly — especially long-form, structured, or emotionally expressive posts. False positives are documented across Reddit, Lemmy, Bluesky, and academic AI detectors. My experience isn’t unique, and it isn’t imaginary. Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

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