Here’s what makes this whole thing absurd
The ban in question was a 3-day ban from r/youll_be_banned which is a subreddit where getting banned is literally part of its punchline. You make a post, you get banned if the mods are in a bad mood, and that’s just the joke
Why on earth would I try to circumvent such a short ban, from that subreddit of all subreddits?
Still, it doesn’t change that I’ve been accused by the automated system, even for something that I did not do
Right after I got that message about the sitewide ban, I panicked and sent a half-baked appeal explaining that I had zero intent. Of course that appeal got rejected because I didn’t explain the context above. You could tell from the wording itself that I was still experiencing the shock of it all
And, well there is a page allowing me to send my second appeal. I’m just scared of it getting rejected again somehow
I think in the meantime, I’m just gonna stop shouting into the void and reach out here to you guys, just to talk it over. It’s been 11 days since the ban, and I’ve been a little depressed about it
Does anyone want to share their experiences?
Edit: Submitted my second appeal which says:
My 3-day ban was from r/youll_be_banned, where bans are part of the joke. I didn’t intentionally evade it. Please review the specific activity behind my permanent suspension; my first appeal lacked context.
Wish me luck, even if my luck is low. If they still don’t hear it, oh well I guess
I’m just scared of it getting rejected again somehow
dude. there is life after reddit. it’s a shithole.
I’ve recently started re logging into my old permabanned account when I visit public wifi or people’s houses who share their wifi.
Really funny to hear people in the background mention how shitty Reddit is because it thinks they are banned.
I’ve been banned on reddit so many times I’ve gotten the ‘permanent’ ban message for the last 4 or so. That place changed. It’s very intolerant and has no sense of humor. My first account was 11 years old at the time of first banning. After that first ban, I probably got banned every year for many years running.
No sense of humor. No sense of proportion. No sense that this is an anonymous internet forum.
You should ponder the fact that a website ban has you depressed. You shouldn’t allow a corporate entity to hold that power over you. You’re just a revenue stream to them
Just stop going. It’s a broken mess.
It’s so much kinder here. People help you learn, rather than ridicule you for being wrong. Stay, help build this little tree fort into something grand, friend.
This place really is growing on me
It’s a shit site full of bots. Who cares?
Find a better alternative and move on.
Besides Lemmy, what alternatives do people recommend?
Just browse Wikipedia when you’re bored. Find some trusted newssites and visit them/subscribe to their feeds.
You lived before Reddit you can do it again if Lemmy isn’t for you.
Get off Reddit dude, only bots and Nazis left anyway
Botzis
No one here is ever going tell you to appeal the ban or return to reddit. If you are looking for advice how to get unbanned or what else you can do this is not the place.
If you are mad and looking to vent, and go off on how much you hate reddit… Then welcome home.
I’m going to submit my second appeal once I’ve worked up the courage. Genuinely just here for emotional support
Read this article someone else posted; very interesting stuff.
They use mostly AI to moderate, so unlikely they will ever see your appeal. only an ADMIN can lift a ban. afte ri was banned, i was appealing almost every day last year, until i stopped, recently i made a new account(after 1+years getting ban). you arnt losing anything, i was lurking for that 1+year, while i was on lemmy.
also satisfying my curiosity of how people are getting banned, including the of accounts, i went to another forum. Most people reddit is lurking instead, because of the fear of being banned.
reddit mostly is bots right now, reddit suddenly lost alot of engagement because AI stopped scraping it because its just AI posting AI generated reposts.
Migrate to topicle.com
getting a ban reversed on reddit is virtually impossible. if it’s your first ban, you may be able start over on a new account with a different email address and avoid the sub you got banned from. ymmv, ban evasion is one of the triggers for a permaban that can follow you forever. It’s been 3 years for me, and I still can’t make an account without being shadowbanned immediately.
Damn, really? Aw man, that sucks I’m sorry to hear :(
Do you still have any appeals left? Or is it all just closed for you? How many appeals have you sent?
if its your original account its possible, but dont get your hopes up. admins are the only one that can lift it, and they ignore 99.99% of ban appeals. you are still susceptible to a secondary ban even if they lift, because the AI cant tell difference between a lifted ban that clears your record, and your past (pattern of getting banned)
That’s shitty. I know everyone here hates reddit but it still sucks losing something you’ve spent a lot of time enjoying. A lot of people here deal with that by being angry at reddit. That’s OK too.
I don’t even feel angry. Just straight up sad
Like, I feel as if I’ve just lost everything that made the internet fun. My niche interests just feel so lonely now, my connection to a huge pool of advisors just… gone
Dude that sucks. I’m sorry. This place is growing but it’s definitely not there yet. Losing that access to knowledge really sucks.
I banned Reddit. No regrets.
I’m guessing your life got better after you stopped using it? Heh, maybe mine will
I’m trying really hard to see the upside of things. Like, maybe the fact that my life feels so empty now… just shows exactly how addicted to Reddit I was
I’ll be completely real with you.
I’m not saying Lemmy is a magical world of unicorns and rainbows where everyone is bursting with love and respect, but my life, or at least the part of it I spent staring at my phone, DID get better.
I was subscribed to A LOT of Reddit drama subs. Originally, it was because I would be going through some shit and wanted to talk it out with others, but they stayed in my subscriptions and every day I found myself getting sucked into the drama of people I would never meet.
When I started my Lemmy account, it was a blank slate. I only added communities that were fun and interesting. Every now and then I get into some heated drama, but it’s not as constant as it was on Reddit, and now, when I put my phone down, I just feel less angry and depressed than I did on Reddit.
Oh, and don’t be afraid to block people that ruin your day.
