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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by stupidperson@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world

I got into this situation because something was marked as harassment on my Reddit account, which banned me for 3 days. I had no intention to cause harm, I was just correcting someone over a movie detail that involved transgender but did not criticize trans people at all, but that’s not the issue. For some reason, I panicked, wasn’t thinking straight, and proceeded to delete that account and make a new one, which is ban evasion. I’m stupid, and for some reason I thought I could make a new account and it’d be fine. I didn’t even need Reddit at that time or used it very often at all, so I don’t know why I did that. My account got shadow banned a few hours later, which is permanent. What I did was stupid, and I regret my decisions. I’ll stay away from anything remotely controversial next time, and I won’t create accounts to circumvent the ban again. I never had a malicious intent though, I just want to use Reddit to ask specific questions, socialize about interests, and help others. I contacted Reddit through a support ticket a few times (once a week) and it has been almost a month, yet there is no response, though I’ve heard it can take several months for a response, if they respond at all, and I could possibly be filing too many tickets. I think it disabled me from logging into the banned account to appeal, so I can’t appeal another way. Since I broke the ToS, I am wondering if there is any hope for me. I consider Reddit to be useful in some aspects so it is a bit of a bummer, but it is the consequences of my actions I guess. A permanent life ban is a lot though :/ but it’s just a website. It’d be nice to get my account back which is why I am asking, but I totally understand if I can’t use Reddit again. Reddit sucks overall but it can be useful sometimes. I'll move on though

Posted this somewhere else but found out this was a better community

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[-] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

You're banned for life as Reddit mods are overzealous and refuse to change their minds. Ban evasion is on Reddit's side and goes against their TOS. Might as well embrace the Lemmy life - it's better here anyway and a lot less bots and reposts which was about 80% of Reddit now.

You can still use Reddit for looking up things, you're just stuck being a permanent lurker - which many do anyway.

Treat it as a blessing instead of a curse. I had like half a mil karma and was pretty pissed for a bit. But this place is better. Less traffic, but the higher quality is denser, once you nail down the curation of your feed.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 months ago

I'd suggest escalating the issue if you must get your account back. See if you can find a moderator, administrator, staffer, etc., willing to lend you an ear.

Otherwise, I'd suggest looking for other forums where you can participate in, including here in the fediverse.

[-] stupidperson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I did file a support ticket, and since I can't log into an account, that's the only way.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 months ago

Some times relevant people, or even official accounts, have presence in other services. That's what I meant about finding someone from there to request help.

[-] stupidperson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 months ago

Dunno for Reddit specifically, but I've seen companies, staffers and related responding on Discord, Twitter, Facebook and directly through email. Also yet to test, but I've seen some with presence on Bluesky too.

[-] stupidperson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm afraid Reddit staff wouldn't care.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 months ago

Can't truly know without trying. And in case it improves your hopes, I've seen cases of people being helped respectively by Steam's owner and Xbox's CEO directly just by finding the right emails and asking politely and orderly.

[-] stupidperson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Those are probably extremely rare, major cases. Mine would not be taken seriously, and I think Reddit is also worse at this stuff.

[-] okzombie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You're not missing anything but a cesspool of communist and Marxist ideology.

Reddit is compromised by type 2 diabetes basement dwellers.

I had over 200k karma in 1 year and because I said slow down about Minneapolis and let's get all the facts, I was banned.

F REDDIT

[-] DisgruntledPelican@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How about using a new profile? From a new email and MAC address, through vpn.

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