6mo ago

Permabanned over a mistake on reddit, feeling really upset over it.

I originally posted irregularly on a sub and when I asked a mod for help as to why my posts weren't being approved, he randomly banned me from the sub without asking. I messaged and he said in the future I will be allowed again, he said 30 days.

When I logged out of my first account on my pc accidentally, I had to make a new one because I hadn't written my password down.

On my second account, since the 30 days passed, I made a post on that sub. I woke up to seeing reddit saying I got permabanned for ban evasion, and they won't reply to my pleas.

I found it really frustrating. I tried waiting 3 weeks after that and Making a new account. It got banned in 8 hours. Next week I make a new account, again banned in 8 hours.

I'm extremely disheartened that I got banned over a mistake and now I'm unable to use reddit at all.

Anybody else relate to this?

I use reddit for university subs as well so it's very frustrating I can't ask questions anymore.

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Its only Reddit, it doesn't really matter. Real life doesn't care about Reddit.
- That's true....sigh.

Reddit is arbitrary.
Welcome here. People might be arbitrary too, but their power is limited.

I once got permabanned from a politics subreddit (I think it was /r/canadapolitics) that had a "downvoting is not permitted" rule, because there was a guy getting downvotes and I offered him an explanation for why I thought he was getting them. That counted as evidence that I had downvoted him, I guess.
My response: I sent one message to the mods that was essentially "really?" And then when there was no response I unsubbed from that subreddit and moved on. I see no point in participating in subreddits with ridiculous rules and ridiculous enforcement.
Granted, unsubbing from politics subreddits is generally a good idea even when not banned. But eh.
The only other subreddit I'm banned in is /r/artisthate, which I never visited in the first place. Apparently they scan other subreddits for signs of users who don't hate artificial intelligence enough and preemptively ban them. That was kind of hilarious.
Anyway, I guess my advice is don't get too deeply "invested" in a community that can be so easily and arbitrarily taken away from you in the first place. And also manage your passwords better.
- The problem, though, is when so many companies are outsourcing their customer service to social media like Reddit. And communities, like OP's school, which have nothing to do with the current situation on other subreddits. "Ban evasion" is nothing but a power trip if the ban was bullshit to begin with.
  If all Reddit had was pictures of cats and porn, then getting banned would not be as big a deal. Now that it is public, being used for legit reasons, and has "money", I am waiting for a bunch of people who are being banned for arbitrary reasons to file a class-action lawsuit. I might even join, even though I haven't been back since the APIcalypse. I was banned from /r/funny years ago and to this day I don't really know why. (In fairness, though, that might have improved my life....)
  
  My advice against getting too deeply invested applies to those companies and communities as well.

I got banned from r/politics for saying we were just waiting for old people to croak. "Permabanned". Lasted like 3.5 years? Idk why/when I was unbanned.
Don't sweat it. You're literally better off.

I had legitimate bans and completely ridiculous power tripping bans. I was always able to create a new account though. The trick is to mix and match different VPN's/IP's with different browsers/containers.
- Just clear your cookies lol.
  
  Doest work, tried that and eveything else. I found that using Brave browser works but found it wasn't worth it.
- That sounds exhausting.
- How do you get banned?
- Or devices

unplug your ISP modem for 10 minutes, connect it back, check if your external IP changed. your IP is probably banned, need to renew and your problems will be gone. if it doesn't change IP, call ISP and tell them you want to refresh.
- They can not possibly ban using ip? That is wild. With the amount of CGNAT beeing used, hundreds of people can be behind a single ip.
  
  any website can ban you by IP address only
- Thank you. Reddit is somewhat important for me for my university stuff so this will be helpful.

Got a message saying I was banned from a sub I wasn't even subscribed to and hadn't posted to. I replied to the message telling them to get stuffed. They reported me and got me banned from Reddit for 3 days.
So instead, I banned Reddit and haven't looked back. F-'em.

I was permabanned from a lefty sub for saying that Russia interfered in other country's elections. I replied to the ban with a source. After a stupid reply from a mod and a stupid comeback on my part, I was permabanned. Why? Propagating US government propaganda.
- Was your source the CIA? If so you deserved it
  
  My source was the fact that literally everyone knows it is true? There’s no denying it

They did the same thing to me. Perma banned over some petty shit. It's made my life a lot better tbh I'm just upset I've lost so many secret Santa trophies

Stop joining whatever sub banned you. It's some system check. Make new acct, don't follow any subs that banned you. Probably don't post in them, then again it seems to be case by case

Sorry but reddit has died. I wonder if people realise much of the banning and moderation is done with algorithms. If the algorithms find you do not fit in, you will be repeatedly permabanned forever.

Yeah my university uses reddit as a primary communication tool and now I'm denied of using it too. I was banned for 'inciting violence' over an honestly harmless comment. 12 year old account with no previous strikes
- my university uses reddit as a primary communication tool
  This idea is so weird to me.

that never happened to me i never got a ban but unrelated: On a subreddit i had a argument with somebody and nothing happened to the post the guy who argued with me blocked me

I’m dealing with this too. I got banned from one sub by a whiny mod while trying to correct misinformation about the industry I work in, figured I’d just make a new account and move on. Didn’t realize how sophisticated their detection was and ended up getting permabanned. Even with a VPN and a new email using Brave I get new account banned in less than a day, I have no idea how they do it.
Really sucks since I participated in a lot of small hobby and support subs that I can’t replace anywhere else.
- Ikr

Sucks and truly am sorry. I've been permanently banned 9 times. (Changed devices alot upgraded them alot)
I learned, that if you want to keep your reddit account you don't socialize on there, give advice or opinions either.
You just have to go back to lurking and block every single person who's an argument staRter even if they aren't directly talking to you. Block them so they can't see your shit. They don't need to bc they'll pick at it.
You were too involved. That's what happened .
Get a second hand device from a Pawn shop if it means this much to you, make an another account not linking to your phone and use it to lurk only.
You can comment but think before you do I wouldn't recommend posting at all but that's up to your discretion I guess. I wouldn't posting just leaves you open to mass reporters who hate or don't agree with the sentiment in your post.
Just don't in my opinion posting makes you a target

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