Reddit was unuseable long before bots. Having an opinion, even correct and smart, against a mob, meant you get downvotes, noone will see it buried down, and you karma will drop low. Low karma prevents you from posting in many subs. So yeah, you become soft-locked banned, and your only option is to delete your comment (which is nothing but coercion and cult method of indoctrination). I had MAJOR insane revelations when sites like undiddit, reveddit, removeddit and the like were still operational. Reddit always lies it only removes trolls, harrassment, illegal stuff etc, but that’s a minor fraction. A lot of multi-paragraph, solid literary language posts were removed, when the arguments they made were against the topic starter OP, and against the mob, and maybe the mod opinions as well. So, yeah, it was a clear view through a back wall through a window into reddit’s messy kitchen. Now they, OF COURSE, destroyed that opportunity to hide their evildoing.