Trauma from Reddit Shadowban

A double-layered hell specific to the site's often-Byzantine moderation. You can still post, but your votes don't count and your comments are hidden unless a moderator manually approves them. The trauma is a masterclass in futility and paranoia. You meticulously craft responses in r/AskHistorians, only to never see them appear. You upvote a cause you believe in, providing zero support. You message the admins and get an automated reply about "server issues." It feels like being trapped in a glass box, pounding on the walls while the entire world scrolls past, oblivious to your existence.

*Example: "He wrote a 5000-word, sourced breakdown on economic policy, got two upvotes (both his own alts), and no replies. His trauma from a Reddit shadowban convinced him he was just deeply stupid and boring, until he discovered the ban a year later via a third-party website."* Trauma from Reddit Shadowban

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Trauma from Reddit's Spam Filters

The specific, collective frustration and sense of injustice experienced by online community members when automated moderation tools (AutoModerator, site-wide filters) incorrectly delete their legitimate posts or comments. This "trauma" stems from the helplessness of arguing with an algorithm, the opacity of the rules, and the social death of being silenced in a space you care about.

*Example: You spend an hour crafting a helpful, rule-abiding answer in r/AskHistorians, citing sources. You hit "post." It vanishes. No notification. No reason. You message the mods (who are volunteers and may reply in 3 days). Silence. This is Trauma from Reddit's Spam Filters—the gut-punch of being rendered a ghost by a bot, transforming participation into a lottery and breeding chronic low-level distrust in the platform's infrastructure.*

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026

Deleted by Reddit

To assassinate a fascist dictator

Hey guys, this regime is kidnapping people and plotting mass murder, looks like we will have to "deleted by reddit"

by Furious Jones July 1, 2025

Reddie

Ship between Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak from Stephen King's IT. It's also named Riddie.

I ship Reddie so much

by sprousewolfhardgirl April 2, 2017

Reddie

Reddie

Reddie. Its real. A ship between Eddie Kaspbrak and Richie Tozier in Stephen Kings 'IT' .Eddie married a girl he didn't love and Richie never married. Don't believe me? Read the book.

"Reddie is real Reddie is realReddie is realReddie is realReddie is realReddie is realReddie is real."

"Shut up Emily all you talk about is How Reddie is real and Stephen king is a coward."

"... Reddie is real"

by J O L A A A A A A June 24, 2018

Redditoid

A word often used in a derogatory manner towards people who use Reddit. Redditoids can often be seen saying things like "Fortnite bad, Minecraft good" "r/wooosh", etc.

Shut the fuck up, redditoid

by Casterbaster October 9, 2020

redditard

verb :red-it-tärd; a reddit (www.reddit.com) user who argues without poof or knowledge of a subject, all arguments are fueled by emotion and based on disagreement of a subject-matter. Generally the moronic idiots of reddit, that are in their teens to mid/late twenties and lack the knowledge to debate said subject-matter. Due to this lack of knowledge their emotional part of the brain overrides the part of the brain responsible for logic and reason. A civilized debate and back and forth banter is not possible with a redditard. One must always be aware that their fodder for arguments consists of internet memes and attempts at being witty, logic completely escapes them. All other redditards will fuel this fire.

Basically an idiot that lacks the knowledge or the mental capacity to understand a subject-matter at hand, redditards fuel their argument with emotion.

Also known by: reddit hipster douche, reddit hive mind drone.

A redditard argued with me to no end. When I presented him with evidence contrary to his idiotic statements, his redditardness grew more intense and illogical.

by Exist To Resist August 14, 2014