I just got banned from mechmarket for 10 days because I asked why
This gets a little wordy, but since I can't sell my caps right now I have nothing else to do.
I recently decided to try and sell a few of my caps on mechmarket. I posted my sale on wednesday afternoon, and on thursday morning I saw that my post had only 25 views. So I deleted the post, lowered some of the prices and altered my title to simplify it. I re-posted it about 25 minutes later and went on with my business... Well, unfortunately for me r/mm has a rule against posting the same sale twice in a 48-hour period. I wasn't aware of this rule but it makes sense and I was definitely in the wrong. The moderator that deleted my re-post also saw it fit to ban me for 5 days because of it. I was curious why the punishment seemed so harsh, so I asked the mod team for an explanation. I was told that my ban was because it seemed like I was trying to circumvent the rules. I decided to go back and read through all of the rules to see how I could have circumvented them by re-posting my deleted sale too soon. This struck me as odd because the rules specifically mention deleting a post and reposting it in a 48-hour period as a no-no.
"How could that be circumventing the rules if the rules discuss it exactly" I wondered.
So I decided to respond again asking which rule I was circumventing specifically and asked why I wasn't given the opportunity to follow the "infraction system" that is at the bottom of the rules page (which would have carried a warning and having my post taken down as the first strike).
The response I got was "Moderators of /r/mechmarket have the right to arbitrarily make a decision based on the information before them. Any ruling or decision made by a Moderator supersedes the rules and is to be followed. These ruling can change from one situation or another." (essentially saying, "the rules don't matter.") He then went on to say how my post seemed "shady" because I deleted it and re-posted it.
At this point I knew this conversation was going nowhere and nothing I said would help to lessen the punishment that I received. I responded and told them that I don't see any point in protesting this ban any further and said that they should consider easing up on the martial law punishments and account for user history before passing judgement willy-nilly.
To which I received this message, "Since I'm feeling willy-nilly, enjoy an extra 5 days off." (He sure showed me)
He also told me that moderators don't appreciate it when people question their bans and argue because it wastes their time.
Here's what is sent to you when you get banned from r/mm:
subreddit message via /r/mechmarket[M] sent 2 days ago
You have been temporarily banned from participating in r/mechmarket. This ban will last for 9 days. You can still view and subscribe to r/mechmarket, but you won't be able to post or comment.
If you have a question regarding your ban, you can contact the moderator team for r/mechmarket by replying to this message.
Reminder from the Reddit staff: If you use another account to circumvent this subreddit ban, that will be considered a violation of the Content Policy and can result in your account being suspended from the site as a whole.
/rant