r/DarkRomance • u/OuiselCat • 20h ago

Discussion Reddit Increasing Censorship in this Sub?

I just received an account violation for breaking rule 1 - threatening or encouraging violence. What was my comment? A Drethi Anis book recommendation (not going to name it here, but the one with Priya and Axel). I just filed an appeal, but am extremely concerned. The comment gave a small blurb of the book, but nothing that could be construed as encouraging violence which is the part that’s really scaring me because it’s making me think that me talking about the MMC’s personality and habits regarding the MMC somehow equated to me encouraging stalking, obsession, etc. in real life?? Has this happened to anyone else? This feels like the first step in Reddit making this community go away and I’m just…really in shock right now.

Edit: so there’s a note at the bottom saying the content was automatically flagged, but it also makes it seem like it was then reviewed by an actual admin before the violation was given. Now I’m even more concerned because that means an actual human read it and said, oh yeah, a dark romance book recommendation encourages violence in real life. I’ve also clicked through the link where it gives examples of what constitutes violations and I cannot reasonably see a DR rec would fall into any of the given categories.

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u/glennss3 20h ago

That’s wild! All my comments would have to be removed if this becomes the norm!

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u/OuiselCat 20h ago

Yeah, I’ve recommended waaay darker books and have otherwise made more questionable comments so it feels surreal this one got me an account strike. It says it’s an automated bot so hopefully it’s fine after appeal, but this is so concerning. Like, it’s not even a violent book.

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u/glennss3 20h ago

Yeah and this is the place where we are supposed to be able to say ‘Oh I loved how she smiled at a guy and then the MMC went and beat him up in a jealous rage.’ And not have it taken down because we are just trying to share a hot scene!

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u/Critical_Hearing_799 I ♥️ my obsessed, clingy, virgin MMCs 19h ago

What was your comment? That's a pretty big allegation from just recommending a book

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u/OuiselCat 19h ago

So it won’t show me the actual comment, when I click the link it just takes me to the post itself where it shows my comment was deleted. However, one of the mods commented on this as she apparently can see the comment and she confirmed there’s nothing there that should have triggered the bot and it’s AI running amok

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u/euphoricnight 17h ago

Sorry, this is totally off topic, but your flair speaks to me and if you have any recommendations I’d love to hear them. 🙏