Dennis “PaymoneyWubby,” a well-known Twitch streamer, claimed that he had received a seven-day Reddit ban after contacting a member of his community during a livestream on June 29, 2023.
He claimed that he was suspended because he cracked a joke after personally emailing a fan on the social networking platform, and he was obviously incensed by the decision. PaymoneyWubby reasoned that if he included the audience in the controversy, they would be shocked to hear that the streamer had been momentarily suspended. He continued by claiming that Reddit’s user base has “a lot of power.” The following is an excerpt from the Reddit admin’s message: “Rule violation: Temporary banned for harassment. You’ve been banned for seven days by the Reddit admin team for violating Reddit’s rule against harassment.”
PaymoneyWubby said in the opening of the Twitch video that he wouldn’t have brought up the seven-day punishment on his livestream if there was a method to appeal it. He clarified: “Right here. Right under here. ‘If you believe this ban was done incorrectly,’ by the way, I’m not reading this. You should f**king add this, you morons! ‘If this ban was done incorrectly, please submit an appeal here.’ I would have clicked that. I wouldn’t have said anything to my stream and I would’ve moved on with my life. Accidental bans happen all the time. I get it.”
The Twitch streamer described the circumstance as “crazy” and gave background information by saying: “‘Dude, it is f**king wild! I got banned from Reddit for seven days! For messaging my fan in jest! In jest! In f**king jest over a f**king card he pulled in my community! I cannot believe this, dude! I’m so… I was at my desk. I was so f**king… because I knew, if I got this guy involved too, this guy would be like, ‘What?! You got banned?'”
PaymoneyWubby continued the discussion by stating: “Reddit, that’s a lot of power you’re giving to any user…”
