The r/exmormon Mods Can Do the Right Thing AND Still Keep Me Banned

Ryan McKnight Blocked Unblock Follow Following Oct 6, 2017

I was given three official reasons for my 180 day ban from r/exmormon. The first two were technically accurate but not once did they ever contact me to discuss remedies. The third reason had sprinkles of truth.

It is true that I sought the name of the person in a screen shot posted on Reddit through private message. I was not given the name that way and I ultimately found the Facebook account in question through means outside of Reddit.

It is true that I made a comment on r/mormon telling someone to go to my Facebook page for more information on the situation. That was a mistake and I deleted the comment within minutes.

It is true that I posted the unredacted screen shot to Facebook along with a link to his Facebook page. I did not consider it doxing and I am still not convinced it was due to the fact that there were two public posts on his page with the unredacted screen shot, at least one of which he eventually participated in via comments defending his statement.

I hold no ill will towards anyone who thinks I was wrong to post the unredacted screen shot to Facebook. I think the ethics of the move are worth debating and I think those that feel I did the wrong thing are justified in feeling that way.

The problem is that the moderators at r/exmormon have, for the last ~24 hours, publicly told people, implicitly and explicitly, that I doxed someone on r/exmormon. This has caused mass confusion about what really happened. I have sent multiple messages to the moderators in an attempt to have them correct the record on the #3 reason I was banned. These massages have largely gone unanswered. The confusion has reached such heights that I have seen people comment that they remember seeing my post on r/exmormon where I doxed someone. This is impossible because it never happened.

In terms of the doxing issue, I see three possible reasons they can ban me (or it could be a combination of the three).

I posted and unredacted screen shot on Facebook that had been posted in redacted form by someone else on Reddit. I made a comment on r/mormon telling someone to visit my Facebook page for more info Attempting to find out the identity of the individual through private message on Reddit.

I have no problem with one or all of those reasons being used to ban me. Not because I agree with it, but because those are things that I actually did.

What I do have a problem with is the facts being misrepresented and seeing moderators tell people that I doxed someone on r/exmormon.

I invite the moderators to publicly correct the record and tell everyone which of the 3 items listed above was the reason for my ban.