<story><title>Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/hddnml/the_warnings_have_changed_into_bannings/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abtom</author><text>This is super stupid. If they&amp;#x27;re so against the content why allow it to exist in the first place?</text></item><item><author>manfredo</author><text>Reddit admin message:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Your account has been suspended from for breaking the rules. Your account has been suspended for 3 day(s).&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; You recently upvoted a post or comment that was determined to be against our policies. Abusive content is not acceptable on Reddit nor is engaging with it. Please be thoughful about the content that you interact with.&lt;p&gt;Interestingly nothing in the Reddit policies seems to mention voting or engaging with content: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redditinc.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;content-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redditinc.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;content-policy&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>defertoreptar</author><text>Whether they intended it this way or not, users will now be worried they&amp;#x27;re upvoting the &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; thing and will be less likely to vote unpopular opinions and political views, just in case.</text></comment>
<story><title>Reddit started banning accounts that voted for content “against their policies”</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/hddnml/the_warnings_have_changed_into_bannings/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abtom</author><text>This is super stupid. If they&amp;#x27;re so against the content why allow it to exist in the first place?</text></item><item><author>manfredo</author><text>Reddit admin message:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Your account has been suspended from for breaking the rules. Your account has been suspended for 3 day(s).&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; You recently upvoted a post or comment that was determined to be against our policies. Abusive content is not acceptable on Reddit nor is engaging with it. Please be thoughful about the content that you interact with.&lt;p&gt;Interestingly nothing in the Reddit policies seems to mention voting or engaging with content: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redditinc.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;content-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redditinc.com&amp;#x2F;policies&amp;#x2F;content-policy&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>goodluckchuck</author><text>Leaving the content up allows Reddit to track users&amp;#x27; engagement and categorize&amp;#x2F;map their viewpoints.</text></comment>