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Looking at 132 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the social media platform, citing issues with restrictions, deletions, and bans, often without clear reasons. Reviewers frequently mentioned a toxic user experience, characterized by cyberbullying, derogatory comments, and a lack of free speech, with some feeling that opinions not aligning with a certain narrative were suppressed. Customers also reported significant problems with the website itself, including server errors, slow performance, and difficulties with basic account functions. The moderation and staff were heavily criticized for inconsistency, perceived bias, and a lack of support, with many users experiencing shadow banning or having their content removed without notice. This led to a general sentiment that the service provided was poor and that the platform had strayed from its original purpose of open discussion.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible... Horrible... Impossible platform... Most posts are instantly or quickly deleted for no good reasons... People are blocked from posting by anyone by down voting and receiving negative comm... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible platform. The 'karma' system is sinister, it's like that dystopian social credits system from Black Mirror. If you say something not incorrect, just unpopular, your kudos score is destroyed p... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit cherrypicks posts. They claim see our "guidelines "? However, I've seen many derogatory comments on there. I deleted my account because of their bias, and discriminatory practices. Some of th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

r/Inflation banned me for no reason. Only because i dare disagree with them. Then call me a Psycho afterwards. While their rules say Be Respectful of Each other. How is banning someone who h... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit should pay but not ban

I suppose Reddit should pay for useful comments but not ban permanently each and everyone without even detailed explanation!

I had already 6.1k karma, 2.1k contributions, 35 achievements, more than 1 year on Reddit.

Nothing matters!
Moderators don't have any respect to the subscribers. You can be banned without explanation. Need to waste your time to find out what the reason was, maybe it was just because you used VPN or moderator had bad mood!

After you report some spam, nudity, hate comments/posts you can be banned also 😳

.. write to customer service which is absolutely not helpful, probably it's AI support, everything is robotic.

When you create a new account, you can't write comments the first 3 months!!!! What on Earth rules are these?!
They deleted my comment explaining that I'm a new user, less than 3 months account 🙄

There are many talented, skillful specialists who share very valuable information, their vision, time, experience which usually cost money!

Reddit has community awards for high-value comments, engagement, karma, etc. but it doesn't have any value!

Reddit is a big disappointment for me, wasting of time and energy.

u/annkorphoto

I deleted all my accounts and not going to use reddit again.

January 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit appears to be a place that has an agenda to promote and will ban opposing views.

Reddit appears to be a place that while claiming a reasonable amount of free speech is anything but. There is obviously an agenda being persued on Reddit and any contrary lines of discussion are not tolerated. There is no consistency with how people are treated. Some are free to peddle any view they want while others are banned for just questioning those views. Foul language from some is fine while for others its not. It appears that the platform content is judged not by a overall policy but on a personal level by moderators who wish to display their views through the control of content.

January 6, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit is very toxic 🥀💔

Reddit is very toxic bro. Come on Reddit, your social media is extremly toxic cuz one time I got scammed in a roblox game. A lot of people was making fun of me, but not just any common bully. It's a very high tier cyberbullying because after that, he called me a 7yr and a random person called me a little kid and then I tried to confront, instead I get cooked and getting roasted by toxic. Like lmao bro, Reddit was supposed to be a community that talk about stuff and some nice tips, not toxic bro. Come on, fix your platform.

January 7, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit is run by AI

Reddit is trash ran by lazy mods and 99% by AI. They will ban every single account you have if you accidentally post on a subreddit that banned you over a joke. Even if you comment with an account that wasn’t banned, and it was an accident because despite hiding this subreddit, it keeps entering your feed. I sincerely hope the company dies a quick death and is replaced by something ethical. The app is overrun by scams, threats, and harassment and they don’t bother to stop it or moderate it .

January 1, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit claims to support open…

Reddit claims to support open discussion, but my experience shows that serious, real-world concerns are routinely silenced—especially when they involve police accountability in Canada. Public reviews of police services have already been disabled on Google, and when users try to raise similar issues on Reddit, posts are often removed by moderators. I attempted to share concerns about how people can access information about police misconduct when all major platforms restrict or erase those conversations, and my post was repeatedly taken down. This creates a closed loop where the public is told oversight matters, but the tools to discuss it are systematically removed.

What makes this especially troubling is that my post was not abstract or theoretical. It was based on my own lived experience involving extensive police surveillance, the disclosure of deeply personal and sensitive information to a family member, and the long-term consequences that followed. These are the kinds of experiences people need to be able to talk about—carefully, respectfully, and fact-based—so others understand how policing powers affect real lives. Yet Reddit’s moderation culture seems to treat any detailed, critical discussion of police conduct as inherently unacceptable, regardless of tone or relevance, leaving no meaningful space for survivors or complainants to be heard.

By removing posts like mine, Reddit contributes to a larger problem: when Google disables reviews and Reddit deletes discussions, the public is left with no way to learn from others’ experiences with law enforcement. This isn’t about harassment or hate; it’s about transparency, accountability, and public interest. Reddit could choose to allow well-moderated, experience-based discussions on policing instead of defaulting to censorship. Until it does, its reputation as a platform for honest and open dialogue—especially on difficult but important topics—rings hollow. many honest and respectfully written posts about negative encounters with police are removed by moderators, often without clear explanations.

This pattern creates the impression that certain topics are effectively off-limits, even when they are discussed in a factual, non-abusive way. While moderators and platforms have the right to enforce rules, the broad removal of posts about police misconduct feels less like moderation and more like silencing. Reddit’s decentralized moderation system means that entire communities can shut down important conversations, leaving users with no consistent or transparent way to share real experiences that affect public trust.

When major platforms like Google and Reddit both restrict or remove public feedback about policing, it raises an important question: how are people supposed to learn about others’ experiences with law enforcement? In Canada, where public oversight and accountability matter, removing these discussions limits awareness rather than protecting users. Reddit could do better by allowing carefully worded, experience-based discussions on this topic instead of defaulting to takedowns that undermine its reputation as a place for open and meaningful dialogue.

December 31, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgusting communist style platform…

Disgusting communist style platform where you're not allowed to post anything about anything at all because [insert vague excuse here]. Reddit should be banned from the internet. It has no place in a free western society.

December 28, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fairly incompetent, mods and admins obfuscate, ban then clutch pearls rather than explain specifically

Fairly incompetent, jannies with a stick up their ass. You ask for your comment to be approved? In a default subreddit? Get banned permanently while the jannie with a stick up their ass reports you to reddit admins, which are just jannies with an even bigger stick up their ass. They'll then give you a 3 day site wide ban for daring ask their favored moderator to stop censoring discussions without a reason. IDGAF what colloquial term I call them, moderator, mods, janitors, jannies. That wasn't offensive, nor was offense intended. I'm intending offense here, because calling them "jannies" obviously got under their skin. I never intended that offense, but I'm from the old Internet where people discuss things, permabans are reserved for spammers/actual abuse, not a nickname for janitor.

I thought the information on the website is useful, but if reddit admins are gonna ban everyone for using old terminology, it's just censorship and authoritarianism under a different name. Don't expect to get your comments that are shadow removed approved, nor dare ask a jannie to approve it. The mods and admins would rather issue you template responses instead of actually addressing the substance of the matter. Or act "offended" while they mute you for 28 days so you can't even respond. It's bullshit, it's no way to treat a userbase. I've never received an apology nor even consideration from these jannies. L. Garbage experience.

EDIT: I've dropped it down to 1/5. Apparently, reddit considers it harassment to ask for an official response from mods. In a ban appeal. Yeah, right. A mute stick isn't a response, jack ass.

December 14, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad!

Reddit is really sad both quality wise and in their direction of moderation. Shame as they have a nice platform otherwise..!!

December 20, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you're a newbie, step aside and get shadowbanned

The platform itself seemed quite friendly to me at first. I used network for about a month, rarely engaging in discussions.

The other day, I stumbled upon a group for trading/selling in-game items for a certain interesting for me game between players and posted 'I want to buy'-offer for a specific item.
About 15 hours later, I posted another buy-offer for another item, but the post was automatically blocked by the subreddit - as it later turned out, the subreddit's rules don't allow more than one buy/sell offer to be posted in 20 hours.

I received a warning from the subreddit, but a couple of minutes later, I discovered that Reddit itself had shadowbanned me.
Before I even realized what was happening, I managed to ask a subreddit moderator to unban me, but was told I had no restrictions and that Reddit gave me shadowban.

Reddit won't send you a shadowban notification by email, so you'll have to spend your time figuring out what happened.
The official position is that this is done to combat spammers and bots, but ultimately, a HUGE portion of new users are being targeted.

I filed an appeal against the ban, and I read that moderators can take anywhere from A FEW DAYS TO MONTHS to review it.

This is unacceptable. I don't intend to waste my nerves on a long wait. A reasonable time frame for reviewing such cases should be up to several hours. Although that's still too much.

I'm ending my work with this platform, and given Reddit's complete disinterest in new users, I don't recommend using the network.

The disregard for users is exactly what Reddit deserves from users as well.

December 17, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Reddit stands out as one of the few…

Reddit stands out as one of the few large online platforms that still prioritizes substance over noise. In an internet ecosystem dominated by shallow content, aggressive promotion, and algorithm-driven engagement farming, Reddit’s structure feels intentionally resistant to spam and low-effort participation. That is not accidental. It is the direct result of strict rules, community moderation, and clear boundaries on what is acceptable behavior.

One of Reddit’s strongest qualities is its focus on valid, experience-based information. Most subreddits enforce posting standards that require context, clarity, and relevance. This naturally filters out generic advice, copied content, and promotional posts. While these restrictions can feel frustrating at first, they ultimately improve the quality of discussion. When a post survives moderation, it usually means it adds value. That alone sets Reddit apart from many other platforms where visibility is driven more by volume than by usefulness.

The platform’s hard rules and moderation systems are often misunderstood as being unfriendly, but in practice they are what make Reddit work. Each community is self-governed by moderators who understand the subject matter and enforce rules tailored to that niche. This results in more focused discussions, better answers, and fewer misleading claims. Instead of a one-size-fits-all policy, Reddit allows communities to define their own standards, which leads to more personalized and relevant results for users.

Another key strength is Reddit’s anti-spam culture. Self-promotion is heavily restricted, low-quality posts are quickly removed, and repeat offenders are filtered out. This discourages manipulation and rewards users who contribute thoughtfully. As a result, discussions feel organic rather than engineered. When people recommend a product, service, or solution, it is usually based on real experience rather than hidden advertising.

Reddit also excels at depth over virality. Posts are not limited by character counts, and users are encouraged to explain their reasoning. Long-form answers, technical breakdowns, and detailed personal experiences are common and often highly upvoted. This makes Reddit especially valuable for research, problem-solving, and learning, whether the topic is technology, business, health, or everyday life challenges.

Finally, Reddit’s voting system reinforces merit-based visibility. Useful, well-argued contributions rise to the top, while irrelevant or misleading content is pushed down. While no system is perfect, this approach consistently surfaces better information than platforms that rely purely on engagement metrics.

Overall, Reddit succeeds because it is not trying to please everyone. Its restrictions, rules, and moderation may reduce instant gratification, but they significantly improve content quality. For users who value accurate information, honest discussion, and communities that take standards seriously, Reddit remains one of the most reliable platforms available.

June 4, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you think Facebook censorship is bad, Reddit is much worse...

They may have an open platform for non account holders, but if you are a user with half an opinion on ANYTHING, they censor the absolute heck out of you.

Reddit is the only social media account i have ever created, and i lasted 10 days and deleted it.

My family filled me in, their censorship is 10 times worse than Facebook. I have no idea personally, as i don't use the other platforms, but they do, and i'll trust their word.

You are better off NOT having a Reddit account, and just open browse the topics for info. It's trash, like all the other platforms

December 15, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reddit is not what it used to be anymore

Saddening to see the current status of what Reddit has become… I have been using it for years, engaging with several communities and building a network of friends too. All of it completely lost in a single moment. Shadow banned and no appeal ever seems to work. My mistake? Presumably using a VPN. Yes, it took that little to destroy years of efforts in helping out people and the communities I loved :-(

December 14, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Its moderators are rude beyond belief.

I had been avoiding Reddit for some time because the moderators used to find some reason to ban my posts. I’m not a rude person, nor do I ever use foul language.
But I went back recently and began to feel comfortable again. But once more, one of my posts was taken down. So I appealed, and wrote a long text explaining that they had made a mistake and that they should be ashamed of themselves for what they are doing.
I received a reply via email. In it was a box to tap “read review”. So I tapped it, and this is what came up: A blank page with “Page not found” typed on it.

If they are trying to be clever or funny - well I am not finding anything of the sort. It is insulting. If they did not accept my appeal, then they should have said so. Not do this. They really don’t deserve the people who contribute to their site.

December 12, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my experience with reddit, i am a graphic designer (report designer, annual report designer, white paper, book layout designer, eBook designer) one day ago i create account on reddit, submitted details created banner, display name. created a post about my report designing service, next day i created a second post i submitted my portfolio link, social link, provided email for contact. after this post reddit deleted my all posts and data from my profile. they removed my social link, even i change my display name i can't change it reddit show me error. I really very disappointed with reddit. Now i decided i am going to permanently delete my account on reddit and never will use reddit again.

December 11, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I HATE REDDIT AND I AM SICK OF REDDIT…

I HATE REDDIT AND I AM SICK OF REDDIT COMING UP EVERY TIME I DO A SEARCH I AM NOT INTERESTED IN READING COMMENTS FROM LOW IQ HALFWIT PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD 🌎 THAT DONT HAVE A LIFE THERE LIFE IS TO POST RUBBISH ON REDDIT AND ANNOY ME AND OTHERS THIS PLATFORM NEEDS TO BE BANNED IN MY COUNTRY AUSTRALIA!!!!!

December 10, 2025
Unprompted review

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