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Have I been permanently banned from Reddit as a whole?
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Hello! I had two of my accounts banned yesterday. Okay, I made another one. Rejoined a bunch of servers, made like 2 comments, went to sleep. This morning ALL of my accounts have been permabanned, including my new one. Have I been ip/hardware banned? This account will probably get banned in a few hours too. What should I do? Can I straight up never use Reddit again?
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Ban evasion system is unbelievable
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We’ve seen cases where Reddit’s ban evasion filter automatically permanently suspends users, even when they were incorrectly flagged.
When we contacted r/ModSupport, admins told us that only the user can appeal and that they can’t do anything about it.
But this isn’t just about appeals. This is about an automated system that kills accounts, even when mods explicitly state that the user should be allowed back.
- A user was correctly flagged for ban evasion after creating an alt account for another purpose (she just participated on the our sub). That account got automatically banned from out sub because she participated on karma4free subs. Then she deleted it, and returned to her main account. Because of that, her main account got correctly flagged and suspended for 7 days.
- We decided to forgive her and let her return. But after her first suspension expired, she was immediately suspended for another 7 days, even though we had explicitly stated in Modmail that we were okay with her coming back.
- She submitted an appeal and referenced our Modmail message, but her appeal was declined.
- Today, when her second 7-day suspension expired, she left a comment and was permanently suspended. There’s no record of this in mod logs (like filtered comment by Reddit's filter due to ban evasion), and we have zero control over it.
Admins in r/ModSupport just repeat that “the user has to appeal,” but that doesn’t solve the real issue— a ban evasion tool that escalates punishments until accounts are permanently wiped out.
Has anyone else experienced this? What do you think about this?
Top Comment: I have seen users getting banned, because of the house hold they’re in or whatever like that. The banned account from subreddit moved on or left Reddit but anyone who created an account on that IP, despite NOT interacting with subreddit in question also get suspended for ban evasion. When they never interacted :| the system is indeed a bit wonky and Reddit should look into it. Because I have also seen cases where ban evasion’s should be punished but isn’t because Reddit is a bit delulu?
What is going on with Reddit's mass account bans lately?
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So maybe this is purely anecdotal, but I opened my account yesterday and noticed it was "banned permanently. Check your inbox for a message with more information". In my inbox, there was a message saying my account got locked for security reasons, and I suspect just because I've been using a VPN.
I did a lot of research, and I've been a lot of people experiencing the same issue, or having their posts "removed by Reddit's filters" for no apparent reason. It doesn't help that new accounts are almost immediately flagged as spam if they start commenting and upvoting from the get-go (because yeah, "how dare you create a Reddit account to interact with Reddit posts - you're spam, begone" - it's so stupid).
Is Reddit having a change it's policy or what? It seems they are way more agressive with their anti-spam detection but overall make the experience far worst to its users.
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About the "unfair bans", "why I have been banned" posts and stuff
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Hello,
The last few days a lot of people are posting about the fact that they are getting banned without a warning or stuff.
We are NOT part of Reddit Inc. and neither are we admins of Reddit. We have the same rules to follow and we don't know why Reddit does something.
If you are (unfairly) banned you can make an appeal or filling out a support form where you need to choose account status and my account has been wrongly suspended in the second dropdown.
With the above information being given (new) posts about (unfair) bans will be removed as they're getting too much "spammed" on the subreddit.
If you have any questions about this feel free to send us a message via Mod Mail or by posting your question(s) here.
Thank you,
r/reddithelp Moderation Team
Top Comment: Unfortunately, people who have been unfairly banned have no place to go to vent their frustrations anymore since r/banned got banned. There should be a dedicated subreddit for this topic but Reddit seems averse to allowing any public discussions regarding bans.
It's ridiculous how easy it is get to get banned from Reddit compared to other social medias
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I use instagram and youtube and i've never been permanently banned from those sites, meanwhile on Reddit i've lost like 20 accounts to permanent site bans since 2019 and i've been banned from hundreds of subs over the stupidest reasons
Top Comment: I think it’s weird the site allows some of the most disgusting subs to exist on the internet but suspend accounts for the stupidest things.
Reddit ban are stupid.
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I study criminal justice (fair trial) and practice law for a living.
So imagine my suprise when one of the post I shared of a lady in a pretty dress as it was one of a kind dress istg and I wanted to keep it as a memento in my timeline (also I just hit the share button didn't change any heading of the post in my timeline) from an outfit posting subreddit is called harassment and sexualisation?
The lady had asked "how do I look for a date (or something)?" To which I had commented the word "hot" as a non sexual compliment and out of genuine love and appreciation for the lady wearing the outfit.
A few months later I receive a permanent ban from this sub Reddit, stating I have engaged in online bullying, sexual harassment, and what not - all serious allegations.
So when I questioned it I was told I did it without consent and I shouldn't had shared it. Okay so my bad, I sincerely apologized and deleted it and told them that they were using the word "sexual harassment" carelessly and vilifying something I so innocently commented out of admiration of the dress as sexual harassment and said they risk being authoritarian with such interpretation and penalisation.
Only to find a 3 day ban under rule 1? Which is soo vague of a law?! Appealed and it was held?
What absurdity is this???
More than ever I realized the importance of my degree.
Top Comment: Mods are so quick to perma ban. No warning or anything. I had my whole ass account banned for something i didn't even do. A buddy had used my phone to log in to their reddit to save a post and ig they didn't log out, just switched the account back to mine, and i went on interacting with subs as i usually do. Found the r/beauty sub and followed it. Like, 3 days later i commented on a post and my entire account with almost a million karma got a perma ban for "ban evasion" cuz ig my buddy was banned from that sub. Tried to appeal but never got a response.
If my account is banned, am I supposed to never use reddit again?
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I don't understand the policy. If your account is banned, are you not supposed to make a new one? If you are supposed to make a new one, what's the point of banning the old one?
Also, why does reddit ban real people but not bots?
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Subreddits shouldn’t be able to ban you for simply posting in a different subreddit
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Title.
I got “permanently banned” from a top global subreddit, and the reason was for posting in a subreddit they don’t like. They stated in the ban message that if I deleted the posts I could be unbanned.
However, this top global subreddit failed to mention which subreddits I posted in, or anything to help explain the ban.
Now I get to feel terrible for no reason, and when I asked which subreddits, the mods from that op global subreddit responded “its in the ban message we will not repeat ourselves” and I assume muted me because they won’t reply.
Is this kind of thing what pushes people into extremist views? It feels like this anger bubbling up because I feel I did nothing wrong and I’m being punished for it.
I’m pretty darned liberal and try my best to be inclusive and respectful, but this (essentially) personal attack out of no where makes me understand how someone could start down the alt right pipeline if they were terminally online.
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https://imgur.com/gallery/obMYpjw
Here’s my ban message. I bleeped the subreddit that banned me.
They have since banned me since I asked why, and they kept saying “its in the ban message”
It was not in the ban message.
Edit2: I was told by the subreddit who banned me it was a post of mine on r / trump. I don’t recall posting there ever, but a second top global subreddit banned me with THE EXACT SAME automod post. If anyone wants to be helpful and link me to any comment from that subreddit so I could delete it, that would be great. looks like all the big subreddits are all using the same automod banning bot.
Edit 3: apparently liking comments and this post might be what triggered me getting banned immediately after posting comments on two different top global subs. https://www.reddit.com/r/self/s/yqtyhdfXV2
Top Comment: It's amazing that the mods can ban you even if you follow their rules. If you ask them what rule you broke, they report you for harassment. But the reddit admins know the site only works because of unpaid moderation. The payment they can offer the moderators is an ego boost from being a petty tyrant.
Reddit is cooked, 3 temp bans in a month, not one before in 12 years.
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For the past 2 months MODs have been banning, deleting, and nuking everything in sight. The fascists have taken over, was fun while it lasted.
:(
Top Comment: It's been way worse in the last few months. Lemmy or new digg await if reddit keeps it up.