The r/Art subreddit experienced significant upset when artist Hayden Clay was banned for simply mentioning the availability of prints. The situation escalated with several Reddit moderators resigning in response to the ban.
Reddit is organized into communities called subreddits, covering almost any topic imaginable. Some of these communities are huge, with millions of members, while others are much smaller, with only a few hundred or thousands of users.
On November 24th, the popular Art subreddit—with over 22 million members—experienced a lot of disruption after artist Hayden Clay shared a picture of his latest work, called “Clear Boundaries.”
Clay, known as Strawber on Reddit, shared that he was selling prints of his artwork. This led to a message from the subreddit’s moderators, who said he was violating their rules, and ultimately resulted in a permanent ban from the community.
Fuck reddit. Permanently banned from posting art because I mentioned the word “print”
— Hayden Clay (@haydclay) November 24, 2025
Hayden Clay reveals messages with r/Art Reddit mods
I was shocked to hear about the drama! Apparently, the artist had a really intense argument with the moderators and actually apologized for breaking the rules. But then, he went on to call them out, saying they were overly controlling and even wondered if they had something against him personally. It’s all a bit messy, honestly.
Someone messaged me saying they had no clue who I was, and then called me out for acting like the main character! It was pretty funny, honestly.
The mods also reported him for harassment.
The most embarassing thing you can be in this world is a reddit moderator
— Hayden Clay (@haydclay) November 24, 2025
r/Art users protest against ban
The artist received a three-day ban from all of Reddit after arguing with the moderators of the r/Art community, causing upset among fans and other users.
Things got pretty crazy over on r/Art recently! People started typing ‘print’ on almost every post as a way to protest something the moderators did. It ended up with the mods locking all the posts – nobody could comment or even give awards anymore. It was a total shutdown!
A user on X (formerly Twitter) reported that the subreddit r/Art has stopped accepting new posts. This happened after moderators faced criticism for banning another user, @haydclay, simply for mentioning the word “print” within the subreddit.
The r/Art subreddit has stopped accepting new posts. This happened after moderators received criticism for banning a user, @haydclay, simply for mentioning the word “print” in a comment. The last post on the subreddit was made 13 hours ago, indicating a complete halt in activity.
— Reddit Lies (@reddit_lies) November 25, 2025
r/Art mods lock sub and resign
So, things got pretty wild over on r/Art the other day. Basically, all the moderators just… quit. They posted a super short message – just “we out” – and then they were gone. It was a total shock to everyone in the community.
The moderators announced, “You win. We all resign.” This comment has received a lot of negative feedback from users, with over 23,000 downvotes.
We out.
byu/ArtModBot2_0 inArt
The subreddit is still closed to new posts, and hasn’t seen any activity since the moderators stepped down.
Clay’s social media posts about the recent controversy have gone viral, and a lot of people are supporting him.
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