###Backup: > I’m really tired of the excessive moderation on some of the subreddits. Reddit is a place for open discussion. Period. It’s a social network for people to connect and discuss similar interests and topics. It’s naturally regulated by people’s votes on posts. > So why is it that someone can take a very simple subreddit name for a popular item/topic and suddenly dictate what can and can’t be said. I think that Reddit has site wide rules for a reason and they are clearly thought out and a lot of decision goes into them. Meanwhile a moderator can just decide to delete your post because it doesn’t match one of their many stupid rules. It’s not fair as it takes what you assume to be a very open platform and curates it to the interest of a specific person. > I should be able to post whatever I want as long as: > * It’s relevant to the description of the subreddit * it does not break site wide rules * you’re not repeatedly posting the same thing > If it’s not something that the community agrees with then they would naturally downvote the post. If the user gets too many downvotes from multiple posts then they would be banned > The absolute worst ones are where your post isn’t visible until they approve your post [Top comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/rant/comments/je2ju0/reddit_is_over_moderatedcensored/g9c4xzs/.compact) backup: > I saw a guy get banned from r/rants for saying he thought BLM was being used by communists. > He can be wrong, let him lose karma. Banning him just gave him proof he was right.