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How do I bring attention to toxic moderation staff?

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I got banned from a privacy subreddit (won't name the specific subreddit) for 'self-promotion' after I posted a privacy guide titled "Choosing a browser" that did not promote or link to my site or anything owned by myself.

When I messaged the moderators asking how my post was self-promotion, they immediately muted me. I then made a post on r/advice titled "do not go to [subreddit name here] for privacy advice" detailing my experience. A few hours later I was suspended from the entire Reddit website for "harassment", presumably from false reports by said moderators which were not actually reviewed by a human reviewer.

Other than reporting mod code of conduct violations using the official form (which I have done), is there anything that I can do to report these mods for code of conduct violations or otherwise get attention to this issue? I think that the moderators for the subreddit in question should be replaced by a new set of people selected by the reddit admins (similar to what happened in r/art last week).

Posted Dec 7, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

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