Screenshots of reddit.com/r/all on mobile as it appeared immediately after loading (did not scroll), taken at 12:34 and 12:40 PST; look what suddenly disappeared from the #1 post spot! That’s a rather specific “server error”…

I happened to take the first screenshot (12:34) because I thought it was suspicious enough that they were suddenly dealing with an unspecified “error” right as bad news about the site hit the top of r/all. Then a few minutes later (~12:38) the site didn’t load at all. A few minutes after that, the bad press post is gone from r/all. If you go to the post now (https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1jl6smd/elon_musk_pressured_reddits_ceo_on_content/), it says “Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/politics” (marked as “off-topic”).

  • ResolverOshawott@lemmy.worldEnglish
    108·
    6 days ago

    Edit: I mistakenly thought the post was about the comics in the screenshot, my bad.

    Your post got removed probably because it presumably violated Rule 14 of the subreddit on their disallowed submission types.

    "Disallowed submission types

    /r/Politics is a serious political discussion forum. To facilitate that type of discussion, all submissions must be articles, videos or sound clips. The following are also disallowed:

    Satire or humor pieces. These submissions are better suited to /r/PoliticalHumor. Political cartoons can be posted in the Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread.

Links that solicit users (Active petitions, signature campaigns, requests for money, surveys or polls).

Submissions that are user-generated content without editorial oversight (ex: C-SPAN clips, selfposts/textposts, reddit polls, any submissions with user created text)

Political advertisements as submissions. Advertisers should buy ad space on reddit.com if they wish to advertise on Reddit.

Submissions which are entirely a copy-paste of the original reporting, or that add one paragraph or less, with a "read more at" link to the original content. Articles or videos that add another take on a subject, or include different verbiage or context are otherwise allowed.

Live blogs/live threads/live articles"

    That server error also happens occasionally on their app for basically no reason. It’s not due to any post, I sometimes become unable to see my profile for like a minute before it goes back to normal.

    I get and don’t disagree that Reddit is pretty fucking shitty, but not everything has to be or is attributed to some sort of conspiracy on how everything is getting censored because of blah blah whatever. Oh, and breaking a subreddit’s rules and getting your post removed or banned for it isn’t censorship (waaaaaaaay too many people do this istg).