I apparently got fucking shadow banned for fucking using a VPN??? What the actual fuck.I can't do anything, and I tried making a new account only to get shadowbanned just a day later. I am now banned on my main account + 2 other acocunts, because reddit sucks, and apparently the solution is to appeal DAILY until I get unbanned?
Is there any actual solution than spamming an appeal button every day?
29 Comments
Strider@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 189d
Yes. Not using reddit ffs.
thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 189d
You should have stopped at Fuck Reddit.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 189d
After the shit they've pulled in the last few years it's your fault for using reddit.
Yes, it's run by fascist sociopaths. Yes, you are stupid if you continue contributing to the fascist PsyOp.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 189d
Why are trying so hard to talk to people that don't want you around?
jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 189d
I like how our society places so much responsibility on private companies to manage communities, really what could go wrong. Just institutionally protected employees that are nothing more than power tripping Reddit mods because Reddit hired a decent amount of them and put them in high positions, solidifying the toxic moderator culture they already had.
I've seen the admins go on really petty vendettas against people for just mentioning them in threads, shadow banning them for the dumbest reasons. Just know your ban doesn't mean you failed in any way, this company is just morally bankrupt, as are many other companies like it in several industries.
collapse_already@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 188d
I got perma-banned for anti-nazi comments, so I quit giving them free content.
BlasphemousTiefling@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 188d
Woww what the actual fuck? Fucking fascist pieces of shit
Bazell@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 189d
Remains of good old Reddit died soon after the AI industry boom. Now it is just a puppet corpse controlled by evil forces.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 187d
thats when they started using Ai to ban people, so the amount of appeals can be ignored.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 188d
Why the fuck are you still using reddit at all? You are directly contributing funds via advertising to supporters of fascism and pedophilia.
Literally stop. Cut all contact. Do not respond or interact in any way.
fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org · 5 pts · 188d
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 187d
thier AI does all the banning now, so its unlikely they will listen to MOST of them anyways. i rarely see people getting unbanned on the shadowban sub.<1%, people have been appealing 6-12months already. i stopped after 5 months of doing it. better off using a different device, new browser and different IP, and avoiding the same problems.
can@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 189d
Just accept that this is the best thing that could happen
RareEarth@piefed.social · 4 pts · 189d
I’m so glad to find this alternative, I’ve hated the platform for years. The down voting culture was toxic, and every time I voiced this I got banned.
They then started to slowly trial subs with no downvoting and lo and behold, success.
You cannot delete your account. The button to delete is broken, is that coincidence? They must have some of the best programmers coding on the planet, yet the option to leave is greyed out, hmmm
Alloi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 187d
reddit is dead internet theory in action.
this is a precise example of why.
i was also permabanned for calling a literal nazi, a literal nazi. ill let you guess who, and when that happened. it shouldnt be hard.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 187d
its been dead for a while, a post on reddit a few years ago was glossed over as anothing burger, when in fact after thier major purges reddit realized they ban to many users.
ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 186d
Not to be the guy with same complaint as everyone else, but I got a permanent ban for telling an abusive mod to fuck off. I had a 15 year old account as well. I tried to appeal but that was denied. Hard to believe it’s the end of the road with that site, especially just for telling someone to “fuck off.” I admit I said that, but give me a break. Mod reported my last four comments—none of which were controversial—to make it a permanent ban. Or at least this is why I’m guessing why he reported so many of my comments.
But honestly, good riddens. I feel like Reddit is just full of right wing freaks, 10 year olds, and bots now. Just have to adapt to not checking Reddit first. So far I’m liking Lemmy, but still getting the hang of it.
Anyway, allow me to join the chorus of people (not bots) saying “Fuck Reddit.”
BlasphemousTiefling@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 186d
It's really sad that this is how it ends. I used to like reddit, when it used to be good. Now I see why people hate it so much, it's taking a really bad direction.
Same here with Lemmy, I love the idea of the federation and I like it so far.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 188d
Forget Reddit exists has worked for me.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 189d
You could have stopped at "fuck reddit."
BlasphemousTiefling@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 189d
Well, Fuck reddit.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
Truth.
tidderuuf@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 189d
Bazell@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 189d
Looks funny but is not funny.
Konstant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 187d
Shadow banning should be ilegal. Just saying
AgentBoom@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
I joined Lemmy for the same reason. After creating 4 accounts on Reddit and getting all of them shadow banned, I gave up. The only realistic way to use it is creating a new account without VPN, but I don't know if you can still get banned for "ban evasion".
Auster@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 186d
Not quite the same, but since Reddit doesn't want you there, why not try feeding other forums? There's plenty outside of the fediverse too.
tekwolfe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
chunes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 187d
This happens to everyone who is a human. Reddit is only bots..
Nilay@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 178d
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 136d
When I was more into reddit I would frequently make new accounts and delete the old ones. If you really want to make some alts you just have to make a few and check up on them, but not comment. Eventually you will just be able to participate if you really want to.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 187d
they have been shadowbanning vpn usage since early 2024. the ban evaders use paid methods now.