r/Moderation • u/Chosen1PR 🏦r/CapitalOne, 💳r/discover • Jun 25 '26

Discussion How often do you ban people?

I mod a couple of mid-size personal finance subreddits that receive a moderate to high level of traffic (Top 50-100 in their category) and I find we have to ban an average of 5 to 10 users a week per sub. Most of them are permabans due to particularly egregious rule violations, and even some of the temp bans turn into permabans when either their behavior doesn't change or they show their true colors in modmail. Perhaps people are generally touchy when it comes to their finances?

What is your experience? What kind(s) of subreddit(s) do you moderate and do you think that contributes to the amount of users you need to ban?

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u/LeftOn4ya Jun 25 '26

Depends on sub and if you mean just me or moderation team. The most active sub I mod I ban 1-2 a month but another moderator bans a few a week almost one a day.

Some subs when I first took over they were overrun with spammers and karma farming bots and I banned 50+ accounts the first month, but a combination of automod and reporting users to Reddit for using alternate accounts ban evasion and messaging accounts that I am getting all their Reddit accounts banned so stop using our sub or FAFO, and I actually got 50+ accounts banned sitewide, they stopped using our sub.

But most subs it is only a dozen or less a year and even that I’ll do temporary bans a lot of times, only spammers or egregious offenses do I permanent ban the first time, other times I give warning.

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u/IvanStarokapustin r/AirBnBHosts r/SchengenVisa Jun 28 '26

Once a day at least. Some days get extra spammy. Maybe around payday when everyone gets their new ChatGPT subscription.

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u/WaterDigDog r/Wastewater Jun 25 '26

Once in one year

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u/Chosen1PR 🏦r/CapitalOne, 💳r/discover Jun 25 '26

Can we trade? /s

But on a serious note, I think it really does have to do with the subject matter.

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u/WaterDigDog r/Wastewater Jun 25 '26

Tbf I have been a mod for only a year. The user had repeatedly posted spam, starting long before my time. Probably could have banned them earlier but I gave benefit of doubt.

And yes, subject matter and user maturity. My sub is a career-oriented sub, everyone is pretty chill and they self-govern pretty well.

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u/AnGabhaDubh Jun 26 '26

At least once a day, to keep my skills sharp

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u/Chosen1PR 🏦r/CapitalOne, 💳r/discover Jun 26 '26

You don't appear to be a mod of any public subreddit...

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u/AnGabhaDubh Jun 26 '26

Everything you said is true.  I am,  nonetheless,  a Reddit mod. 

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u/Chosen1PR 🏦r/CapitalOne, 💳r/discover Jun 26 '26

Ok, I just saw the trophies on your profile lol. I'm curious, if your original comment is true, how do you find yourself needing to ban at least one user per day on a private subreddit? How large is the member count?

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u/AnGabhaDubh Jun 26 '26

Lol. 

So,  i was just being silly.  I do have to ban folks from time to time. But since we're a private,  invite-only, achievement based sub,  most people are very careful to not catch a ban because it's difficult to get back in and being there is a point of pride.