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.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    71·
    8 months ago

    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.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    8 months ago

    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.

  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    8 months ago

    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.

  • jeffw@lemmy.world
    52·
    8 months ago

    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.

  • PsyDoctah9Jah@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 months ago

    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

  • Squiddly@lemmy.world
    3·
    8 months ago

    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

  • sudo42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    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.

  • nohoken@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 months ago

    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.

  • Worf@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 months ago

    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.