[–] forgetmyname 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I feel like it has been set up due to legal requests from those artists labels. which are either mostly Sony Music Entertainment or BMG Rights Management and *Universal * / *Warner bros * to keep their content under their control through "mods"
[–] Boardupthehouse 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think a lot of those bands were just posted all the time. There is only like 25 band/artists there, and we get it you like Led Zeppelin, you don't have to post Stairway To Heaven because everyone has heard it before. It's just posted a ton and it would get repetitive seeing "Hurt" by NIN all the time. I think that it was a good idea to ban some artists.
[–] j_ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I agree those bands were probably posted to excess, but the easy, most obvious solution for a community-moderated site is to let the community moderate, not selectively ban content that is otherwise on-topic for the sub.
[–] TardisParkBoys 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Reddit isn't truly community moderated, though. They have algorithms to change the number of upvotes/downvotes a post has. Voat should be able to handle this much better given their straightforward and honest voting system.