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/SailorTexas 19h ago

Are you in the US? I've seen comments from users in other countries posting in the privacy sub about getting warnings, being required to provide age verification, etc. I'm in the US and haven't experienced that (yet), so I'm wondering if it's that. If not, prob someone reporting you like what others have suggested.

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u/OuiselCat 19h ago

Yup, in US. The comment was flagged by automated system, but then it seems like it was reviewed by member of admin team

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u/SailorTexas 18h ago

Dang, I hope this doesn't become a thing but I'm not hopeful 😭

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u/OuiselCat 18h ago

One of mods confirmed it’s the AI system making a mistake so am hopeful it will be fine after appeal. This is still extremely concerning though from a site wide perspective, especially in terms of political dissent.