Sorry for the mildly NSFW content here. I did ask this general thing a couple days ago elsewhere but looking back, I wasn’t sure that I clearly stated why I was asking.

I’ll remain vague in case people just don’t want to hear too much about this.

NSFW content was a big reason I used reddit. There was a certain subreddit that was focussed on sharing images of popular adult actresses, as well as being welcoming of some popular influencer type models.

In one post I showed a lot of images from the most commercially active individuals. I’m talking people so popular they end up in memes on SFW subreddits. Of all the NSFW content that is permissible on Reddit, it was among the most permissible sort, on a Reddit built around that very thing.

I woke up to find myself perm banned for breaking rule 3 due to that post. Rule 3 states you can’t post sexualized images of people without their permission.

One exception to the images I posted was a popular model who mostly posts content through social media. I’ve seen her images pop up all over the place by people who are definitely not her. I even searched her name there on this particular subreddit to see that there were posts of her. So I took it to mean it was safe to post her.

Well, I think this is what caused the ban. I believe the image was OF content. This is what I’m pretty sure caused the ban.

I appealed and was turned down fairly quick.

I won’t even argue against my carelessness. But getting that message was genuinely kind of jarring and freaked me out. It made me think I was in some serious trouble. Some basically said “what you have done is tantamount to taking creep shots in public and posting them”.

All I want to know is: how much should my conscious bother me over this? She may not have been the most popular model, but she does show up a ton. To the point that if I came across an image of her I would have assumed it was ok. Just how egregious of a thing have I done?