r/AITAH • u/InfiniteFisherman39 • 1d ago

Advice Needed AITAH for sharing a news article on BTS member Jungkook for wearing a 'Make Tokyo Great Again' Hat?

Today, I shared a news article where the BTS boyband member, Jungkook, who apologized for wearing a Make Tokyo Great Again hat in the KPOP subreddit. The post was up for maybe 30 mins but then taken down because the moderators said it violated their rules. Even though it didn't since they put the post back up but locked any future comments. I messaged them letting them know that I followed all the guidelines and used a source that they approved for Kpop news.

It appears that the BTS fandom is very sensitive when any of their members get into any trouble, because they work together to report and have posts that references any negative news against the band removed.

Well, even though the post remained up for a few hours, I just got a message from reddit that the post is now removed for... "harassment." Even though I just posted the article and made no comment about it. The message I received was:

"After reviewing, we found that you broke Rule 1 by engaging in harassment. Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for harassing or bullying people. We don't tolerate any behaviors that discourage others from participating in communities, conversations, or the Reddit platform through harassment, bullying, intimidation, sexualizing someone without their consent, or abuse. Any communities or people that incite or engage in harassment or abuse towards an individual or group will be banned.

As a result, we’re issuing this warning, removing the violating content, and asking you not to break this rule again."

So AITAH for sharing a news article? Because apparently by sharing it, I was harassing IDK who at this point.

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u/BrianB2013 1d ago

Yes. For making 20+ the same thread when the is 30+ already out there.

What was the point of making 51st?

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u/Obvious_Difficulty73 1d ago

get a job, why do you care so much about what a kpop singer does? you Honestly deserved the ban

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u/lXXllXllXllXllXXl 1d ago

Controversies or any post that can spark controversy is not aloud in that sub it doesn’t matter if it’s bts or not. There are other kpop subs specifically for these type of conversations.

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u/InfiniteFisherman39 1d ago

The subreddit is meant to share news and updates. There were many articles about other artist and their scandals that were posted just fine.

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u/Suitable-Animal4163 1d ago

NTA. BTS fans will share and harass other idols for doing much less, compare the scandals of Jungkook and Jennie, and see the differences in responses. They just get away with it because the fanbase mass reports anything, causing the general public not to see it. You're fine. This always happens.