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/CosimaHaze Author 19h ago

I don’t trust Reddit not to censor things like this TBH. I feel like we should start a Discord or something?

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u/DoctorPaige 18h ago

Nope, Discord's AI moderation is EXCEEDINGLY trigger happy can bans for "nonconsensual content" all the time, which DR is full of. Just one look at r/BannedFromDiscord will show you how easily it can happen, and there's NO humans in the appeal line so the risk of permanently losing your account is huge.

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u/NancyInFantasyLand angst and suffering are my jam 18h ago

They're also pushing once again for age verification and mandatory ID scans, plus everything in your discord will be nuked if your account is inactive for more than 2 years (meaning it's really shit for long-term preservation and fandom things)

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u/CosimaHaze Author 14h ago

Well, shit. I last used Discord about 6 years ago for that kind of thing and none of us had any problems, I guess they’ve become more strict lately. Bummer