u/michaelnovati replied ·
I hope they are and I hope they thoroughly review all sides, but moderators do have a lot of discretion for removing people. I use my real name on here and I stand firm on fairness and truth, and while that sounds good, it also attracts lots of people who don't agree with this stance, or don't agree with controversial designs made in good faith.
Because of that messiness, Reddit isn't a court system to decide who is write and wrong. Reddit can act on signals like fake accounts from the same fingerprinted computers or networks, suspicious patterns of manipulation, etc...
So they can objectively catch bad actors.
The problem is when people disagree some bad actors do bad behavior and whether they are right or wrong, the ends do not justify the means and the bad behavior might get them banned.
The best thing you can do in here is maintain your integrity.