So, I posted a simple Roku fix on Reddit — just explaining how to get actual antenna channels back instead of their ad-stuffed “Live TV” hub.

The post took off fast-within 90 minutes: • 8,000+ views • 12 upvotes • Dozens of people thanking me for the fix

Then… moderators nuked it as a repost.

Sequence of Events: 1. I politely asked what rule I’d broken. 2. Mod replied: “I don’t know, nor is it relevant to your ban.” 3. I joked: “Ok thank you, Paul Blart. 🙄” 4. Instantly → permanent ban + mute.

Screenshots confirmed: no rule violation, just a mod having a day.

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Follow-up Attempts: • Tried posting the story in r/help and r/ideasfortheadmins. • AutoMod deleted both — apparently the word “ban” is illegal now. • Tried to share it elsewhere, but at this point Reddit moderation feels like TSA confiscating nail clippers while waving through flamethrowers.

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Takeaway: It’s wild when platforms value control over community. I literally helped people watch TV again — and got banned for it.

Give someone a little power, and it goes straight to their head.

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The irony? My Roku fix worked. Thousands saw it before it vanished. So somewhere out there, people are happily watching TV — thanks to a guy Reddit decided to erase.

Stay tuned for Volume 2: “AutoMod vs The Word ‘Ban’.”

  • db2@lemmy.world
    129·
    3 days ago

    Your first mistake was going to reddit.

    Your second was abstractly talking about the fix here but not saying what it actually is.

  • John Doe@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 days ago

    I used to love Reddit and it was my only social media site for a decade. But it became so Kafka-esque that it was causing me a tremendous amount of stress. Constantly fighting mod bans was akin to tilting at windmills, as it was completely pointless. So I quit cold turkey last year, deleting my account, and found Lemmy a few days later. I still find the content on Reddit incredibly helpful when I’m searching for information and posts come up on Google but I cannot interact with the site/app any longer. The constant deletions and bans are contrary to the original spirit of the site and have reached SNL sketch level.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 days ago

    I was perma banned by admins for hurting a mods feelings. Reddit is so scared of having to pay mods they let them do whatever they want. There is no point in trying to rationalize it. As long as mods go unpaid, they will be allowed to have absolute power in the communities they control.

    • AxExRx@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 day ago

      I told babylonian weeb, the guy who’s taken over animetitties, that spain nuking israel over the freedom flotilla was not a likely, or good outcome. That got me a ban for "glorifying violence:

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.world
    11·
    3 days ago

    I gave it one more shot after being away for a year. Posting my latest 3D Printer mod (after on Lemmy and the manufacturers forum). Immediately got a snarky garbage commenter. That’s what I get.

  • Dbanno@lemmy.worldOP
    192·
    3 days ago

    Update: No regrets — the fix still works and my sanity remains unbanned. 😂

  • Surp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Fuck reddit I mean that’s all. I stopped looking at it so long ago. Found a way online to delete all my posts and my user account while downloading all my posts to an xml so I could keep MY content.

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
    151·
    3 days ago

    Post the exact comment that got you banned. I’m sure many on Lemmy would find it fun to repost it to the Roku forum over and over. We don’t care about Reddit bans.

    • Dbanno@lemmy.worldOP
      241·
      3 days ago

      Here it is:

      If you’ve been trying to watch real over-the-air channels and Roku keeps forcing you into their “Live TV” streaming hub (even with Hide Streaming Channels turned on), here’s what finally worked for me:

      👉 Step 1: After scanning for channels, go to Manage Channels and add one of your antenna channels to Favorites (for me, it was Channel 5). 👉 Step 2: Back on the Roku home screen, hover over the Live TV tile for 2–3 seconds before pressing OK.

      If you wait, Roku automatically loads your first favorite channel — you’ll go straight into antenna TV instead of the streaming hub.

      If you click too fast, it jumps right back into the ad-stuffed streaming Live TV interface.

      It’s a weird UX quirk, but this workaround actually works every time once you’ve got a favorite set. Hopefully Roku separates those inputs properly someday, but until then… this saved my sanity. 😂

  • defunct_punk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    Stop using ChatGPT to write your posts. If your Roku fix was formatted like this one, I’d pull it off my community too

  • aarch0x40@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    I had setup some Lemmy accounts a while back but was procrastinating on settling into them.  Received a 2-week ban for a Rule 1 violation because suggesting that users own their hardware is apparently violent.  Took the opportunity to finally finish setting up in the Fediverse and haven’t opened Reddit since.