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by alex1138 166 days ago
Because they also ban everyone they disagree with
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There isn’t one “they”, each subreddit does its own moderation
There are still networks that ban users for posting on /r/Israel and /r/Jewish. Famously the ones that run /r/interestingasfuck, /r/therewasanattempt, /r/soccer. /r/bannedforbeingjewish tracked this until it was banned.
Reddit itself can and still do ban users at site-level.
Which would be fine if there was a good reason to do so but there often isn't