So, I know this isn’t a help forum or anything but, being Lemmy I’d think some people are on the same boat as me too.

I got permanently Banned in reddit for vote manipulation, I foolishly and childishly used 2 accounts to up vote myself to make it seem I was winning arguments. I then created a new account to start fresh but I didn’t know that counted as a Ban Evasion(I didn’t know ban Evasion was a thing), but that got banned too.

I’ve appealed by apologizing since I am guilty and genuinely sorry , however I’m not a spambot or anything. I made a mistake and just want a second chance.

Is there anything else I can do to start fresh “safely”? (factory reset my android device? I Can’t change my external IP tho) Has anyone been on a similar situation and gotten their account reinstated?

Being honest I like Lemmy but it’s nowhere near as populated as Reddit, sadly

  • Majorllama@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    I had two fairly old reddit accounts (10+ years and 100s or thousands of comments and post karma) get nuked without them giving me a reason. They just said I broke TOS. I appealed and asked what rule I broke and it was instantly denied. I still have no clue what rule I allegedly broke.

    I tried making a new account with a different email on a new device using a new Internet connection and it got banned after 30 minutes.

    Fuck reddit. Banning people and never giving them a reason or a chance to correct their mistake (if they even made one) is ludicrous.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      interesting, were you banned within the last month? they went hard in januarary and last week too, not only you but other people were banned. 2 of acc were banned for similar reason that were 5+years old. simply if they detected you commented in a post (with an old account that you deleted and was previously banned) some or all new ones will get the same ban.

      currently 1 of my accs that had the pera ban inbox message isnt really banned? i checked the repeal page and it wont let me repeal because it dint detect a ban in place, which makes me think they actually were banning indiscriminately with an AI, and ive heard people were banned in error too. from what ive heard from a different forum, they were banning in waves since November. also the ban was done by an AI.

    • WhiteBurrito@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Well in my case I KNOW I’m guilty, I just want to apologize and see if I can get a second chance eventually

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        try appealing your original account that got banned, and try once a week even if they reject the first time.