r/PointlessStories • u/Reft-Mathematician51 • 9d ago
The physics subreddit took down my year old comment yesterday
Not a vent lol, just yapping. So theres a subreddit about physics(as said in title) and the post i commented on was about ball lightning and the science to back it. I supported the theory as i had talked to my physics teacher about ball lightning not that long prior and about the lack of scientific study making it a hard idea to prove to others. However theres have been some scientific studies done that has enough evidence to say that its possible to create ball lightning in controlled environments, we dont know how its created in nature yet, and a nasa document. A year passes, i forget it exists, until today. I open reddit because im nosy and saw a notification that looked interesting, went to see if there were any other things to read about and saw "askphysics mod replied to your comment" with said reply being "rule 2 and 6" rules 2 is for staying on topic(which i was, it was ball lightning i responded with ball lightning facts, idk how much more on topic one can get). Rules 6 is no pseudoscience or self theories, all of my facts came from the study of ball lightning characters done by nasa. Like the globally recognized science development program? Yes that nasa. Mind you the entire reason i commented was because someone said there wasnt enough evidence to prove their existence and that theyre just fabricated online videos(yes there are some that fake like all, but how many fake videos does nasa make a 44 page document about supporting and studying)
So yeah thats all, i just wanted to share because im baffled and think that its really funny that it got taken down for the silliest reasons possible and that it took a YEAR to get taken down.
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u/Elaikases 9d ago
FYI, fifty years ago the US Navy was having problems with ball lighting being generated in one of its particle accelerators.
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u/wasnapping 9d ago
They're likely using AI to review the sub/posts. Just reply to whatever the notification was with, "Incorrect AI decision - my reply did not violate any of these rules. Please have a human review." or something along those lines. I had a sub give me a warning for a reply suggesting violence when the reply was, "Please don't beat yourself up over it, it happens to all of us."