I’m under the belief that this is actually against the “moderator code of conduct.” Specifically the rule about fostering a good faith community. Essentially you cannot use your subreddit to bully other subreddits. By banning you from their subreddit for participating in another subreddit-they are actively bullying that subreddit.

We need to start reporting these. Reddit has its own report form specifically for reporting a subreddits mods for breaking this code. It’s a big form that requests a lot of evidence. They get heard and you’re able to actually make your case.

If you’re annoyed by this but feel like it’s not a big deal, please remember that when you are banned from a subreddit it lowers your “Contribution Quality Score” which can lead to an ever increasing shadowban. Your posts will get auto-removed more often as the score drops eventually leading to a full shadow ban.

CQS is also how many of the larger more established subreddits filter for spam, and Reddit themselves can start flagging your posts as “potential spam” or “reputation risk”. When mods see that on their queue they just remove the post.

You can check your account’a CQS by going to the “What Is My CQS” sub.

TLDR: report subreddit moderators for breaking the Moderator Code of Conduct. Rule 3: “Respect Your Neighbors.” And point out that they are interfering with other Reddit communities as well as punishing users for appropriately using the site.

Edit: spelling mistakes.

Edit : re: “just use a different account”

I do not disagree. I agree if you can use a different account absolutely do this.

However the above CQS issue actually results in users being unable to make usable new accounts. The CQS score transfers over, and that on top of being a new account drops the CQS lower resulting in an immediate shadowban. This prevents the account from being able to participate in any capacity on the site.

Also, often users are banned from subreddits they are not and have not participated in.

Again I need to stress I am not advocating for using one account, nor am I advocating for NSFW subreddits to be purposefully infiltrating SFW subreddits.

My point is this is against the rules of Reddit and it hurts our accounts. This information is up to everyone to do with as they desire. Thank you to everyone for being very respectful also.