Got my whole account locked for posting a picture of a sandwich

I was at a cafe in Austin last week and posted a photo of their Reuben with a joke about 'pastrami censorship' because they cut it in half. The auto-mod on the big blue app flagged it as 'graphic content' and put me in a 24 hour review. I had to appeal three times, and the final reply just said my case was closed. Has anyone else had a totally normal post get nuked by a bot lately?

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smith.nancy15d ago

Patricia's story about the coffee table being flagged for weapons sales is just wild. I had a picture of my hiking boots on a trail get flagged for "drug paraphernalia" last month. It's so frustrating when you know your post is fine, but you're just stuck waiting on an appeal from a system that clearly doesn't get it. The total lack of a real explanation or a person to talk to is what makes it feel hopeless.

patricia26215d ago

Honestly feels like the bots are just broken now. I tried to sell a perfectly normal coffee table online last month and the listing got taken down for "weapons sales." My buddy got a warning for a photo of his garden hose saying it was "explicit content." The whole system's on autopilot with nobody at the wheel.

shane_hayes15d ago

That "autopilot" system probably catches way more real problems than weird mistakes.