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I GOT DIRECTLY PERMANENTLY BANNED BECAUSE IN THE SPAN OF 6 MONTHS 3 STORIES I POSTED HAD NO TANGIBLE HARM TO THE PROTAGONIST, JUST PSYCHOLOGICAL, EVEN THOUGH EVERY. SINGLE. STORY. I HAVE POSTED OUT OF THE 30 (IN 4 YEARS) DID N O T INCLUDE ANY TANGIBLE HARM, AND THE MAJORITY OF STORIES ON THE SUB DON'T INCLUDE THE PROTAGONIST GETTING INJURED, BUT RATHER ENCOUNTERING SOMETHING SCARY AND ESCAPING.

In other words, I got permanently banned for posting a story that is exactly the same as every other Nosleep story.

Nosleep has just lost one of their most active and original writers. Here is how. 

I posted a story on Nosleep. Here is the link to the exact story, reposted on my subreddit. You can read it for yourself, it is pretty short, and judge for yourself if it fit Nosleep guidelines. 

The story got removed after roughly 30-40 minutes after it had been instantly locked (so no comments from the moment I posted). Here is the message that I got:

Your post from nosleep was removed because of: 'Wrong Subreddit'

Hi /u/EmmaWatsonButDumber, your post has been removed because it doesn't fit /r/nosleep or it's broken more than one (1) Posting Guideline. It WON'T be allowed back on /r/nosleep — with or without changes, under any title or username — and the Mods WON'T reconsider, discuss or debate this decision. The Mods also won't answer any questions or offer in-depth explanations which are already provided in the guidelines. Check the "Similar Subreddits" link below to find other posting options.

DON'T REPOST THIS SUBMISSION TO r/NOSLEEP***, with or without changes, under any title or username.*** Reposting this submission to /r/nosleep would lead to a subreddit ban and the Mods WON'T reconsider, discuss or debate this decision.

As you can see, the only explanation given was Wrong Subreddit and the message translated to: do not post it ever again here, don’t ask why, don’t say anything else. That is obviously a disproportionate and unnecessary response devoid of any real justification. 

I didn’t respond. I didn’t say anything. I didn’t delete it, either. I did not react in any way to the message. I DID NOT FIGHT THE MODS IN ANY WAY! I DID NOT RESPOND.

I am not joking, five minutes later (11:24 PM vs. 11:29PM), I get another different request from the Mod team, saying this:

Hello, You have been permanently banned from participating in /r/nosleep because your post violates this community's rules. You won't be able to post or comment, but you can still view and subscribe to it.

If you have a question regarding your ban, you can contact the moderator team by replying to this message.

Reminder from the Reddit Admin team: If you use another account to circumvent this community ban, that will be considered a violation of the Reddit Rules and may result in your account being banned from the platform as a whole.

I got permabanned with no warning. Not even a temporary ban, which is what should happen. A permanent ban that came five minutes after having a story removed with no explanation. 

Here is my reply to the ban and the extremely passive aggressive response from the mods:

EmmaWatsonButDumber11:37 PM

Hello, may I ask why I was permabanned for one story being removed and why you have jumped directly to a permanent ban instead of a week / monthly one? My story was removed three minutes before the permanent ban, I made no comments on it and did not repost it in any way on the subreddit, I don't know the reason why it got removed in the first place. I cannot understand why the reason given was 'Wrong subreddit' when I have checked it followed all of the rules. This is not me being mean or angry, I am truthfully asking for the reasoning.

r/nosleepMOD11:48 PM

Your story was removed because r/nosleep is the wrong subreddit to host it; that's what "wrong subreddit" means. We moderate in the best interests of the subreddit as a whole. Good luck elsewhere!

EmmaWatsonButDumber11:49 PM

Thanks, may I get a clarification on why it was viewed as wrongly posted? It is a creepypasta about a father having a scary experience with his daughter’s imaginary friend. Also, may I get a clarification on why I was permabanned even though I accepted the consequences of the removal? Thanks for your time

r/nosleepMOD12:24 AM

Never throw sheets over your kids' imaginary friends lacks a Scary Personal Experience because nothing tangible/physical happens directly to your Main Character as a result of acceptable horror. In this case, your Main Character sees "Mr. Click" then runs out of the apartment/house with Ramona, meaning nothing tangible/physical happened directly to your Main Character as a result of seeing Mr. Click.

Back in January when My grandparents always had a rule... was removed by reader reports for lacking a Scary Personal Experience, we told you:

 

Your Main Character shoots someone who may or may not be undead but nothing tangible/physical happens directly to your Main Character as a result of any acceptable horror.

 

Your reply at the time was:

 

Thank you so much for replying so fast, I understand.

 

On May 4, your post I moderate live streams from time to time. The one that made me quit had no viewers, but an active chat. was also removed for lack of a Scary Personal Experience. The removal message you received told you: Just being afraid of what might happen, or being afraid in general, doesn't meet r/nosleep's requirements.

 

We've told you directly and the examples in our Scary Personal Experiences section make it clear that just seeing/hearing/feeling/sensing/etc something scary doesn't fit our requirements, nor does being scared in general.

 

Users are required to follow the rules of any subreddit where they choose to participate, even if the user doesn't like/agree with those rules, and continuing to break rules is grounds for a ban. If you feel — on OR after January 29, 2027 — that you'll be able to follow our rules regardless of how you feel about them, you're free to reply ONCE to this ban notice with an appeal. We won't accept any appeals before that date.

 

The two references that they "supported their case with" are a story that they removed for “not scary enough” three months ago, instructed me to modify and wait for the evaluation, an evaluation that never happened, because they don’t care. Here is the post I made about it on my profile.

The other story was this part that got removed because it was not “scary enough”. They said nothing tangible happens to the protagonist, even though he has to shoot someone dead/undead and defend his grandparents, while being obviously psychologically scarred. I’m sorry, since when do I have to give my character a black eye to make it horror?

So, basically, I got permanently banned because the mods abused of the rule of “not scary enough” three times, since that is the most general rule to ever exist. Even though every single story that made this subreddit popular would get removed under today’s rules, they keep abusing of their discretionary power to strike their most prolific and successful writers. Why? I don’t know. 

I got permanently banned after winning December 2023 best story on Nosleep, being featured by the Nosleep podcast, Creepcast and writing over 30+ stories and 100k+ words on this sub, because three of the stories I wrote in a 6 months span were SUBJECTIVELY not scary enough because all 3 protagonists were not PHYSICALLY harmed. Even though I have DOZENS of stories that got approved where the damage on the protagonist is not physical. INCLUDING THE ONE THAT MADE ME WIN DECEMBER 2023, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY TOP 6 OF THE YEAR. those also have no tangible harm included. Just psychological. Like most horror stuff.  

What is the difference between them and the 3 stories that got me permanently banned? Absolutely nothing. Here is a list of all my Nosleep stories to serve as proof of what I have just said. There is absolutely no difference between the stories I usually post that have been praised and loved and the 3 stories that got me, mind you, PERMANENTLY BANNED. IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY STORIES THE PROTAGONIST DOES NOT GET PHYSICALLY INJURED.

And I don’t care. I have moved to Youtube and I will be using my voice there, where no frustrated mod can censor me. It is obviously a different medium, but I'll adapt. To be honest, I have gained a great audience from the subreddit and I have had more success with my stories than any mod on there has ever thought of. I will continue my journey on other subs and on Youtube. The Nosleep subreddit has become an absolute slump of AI and poorly written creepypasta stories, and any writer that tries to put out something original or polished has to constantly fight the passive aggressive, rude and obnoxious moderators who hate horror. The rules are a literal novel-length manual filled with general wording that can cover literally any reason for removal. Any, and I mean ANY story can get removed and there is no way you can appeal it. I have asked if there was any possibility for the mods to approve the stories before, so that they don’t get removed when posted, and I have been met with hostility and a negative response. 

I know I am not the only one who has complained about this. I am just so happy that I get to write, have people engage with my writing and receive so much appreciation for my work. I am extremely glad that I am an artist and not someone who spends their hours and youth trying to gain some dopamine from taking down artists’ posts, and they don’t even get paid for the unbelievable amount of time they put into this unproductive nonsense. I know they’re failed writers, and tbh I couldn’t care less! :) The mod thing is literally like a paper badge a kid uses to play pretend. You’re not a policeman. You’re not employed. The hours that you put in for this censorship damage the subreddit you claim to fight for. At the end of the day, I have tangible stories and an audience gained who loves my work. I have made connections and I am planning to conquer new heights. I am moving from creepypasta to screenwriting while some loser mod is moving from the bed to the kitchen.