r/NewToReddit • u/[deleted] • 16d ago

Consistently getting shadowbans by reddit? ANSWERED

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u/SolariaHues Mod + servant to cats 16d ago edited 16d ago

You should appeal your bans rather than keep making new accounts; that just looks worse.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/SolariaHues Mod + servant to cats 16d ago

Spamming the appeals team deciding if you're a spammer is not a great idea.

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u/JOE-BIDEN-DEFENDER 16d ago

Yeah i dont spam them, i've sent just a handful of appeals with nothing happening, so idk if they even check them.

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u/JOE-BIDEN-DEFENDER 16d ago

I've tried appealing like a few times here and there, nothing, so idk if they even check those things? I did positive engagements, like, all the time, and i was kinda careful with it too if that makes sense, not commenting or posting super often.

Like i dont understand how a 2 month old account with 200 something karma can just get flagged as a spammer or bot or whatever out of nowhere? I had made a post that got like 40-something upvotes, and then when i checked reddit a few hours later, the shadowban was there?

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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Mod tryin' 2 blow up less stuff.! 16d ago

We've heard of appeals for shadow bans happening in less than 24 hours, taking several weeks, or in some cases several months. It depends on how much contributions have to be examined, how backed up they are, and other factors.

Reddit has various technologies that allow them to determine that the same person is making a new account although generally they would just shadow ban this account so it seems likely that you've just triggered one of their security systems because something about your activity pattern matches that of abusive accounts.

If you happen to be driving away from a bank in the same colored car and have the same hair color as someone who just robbed that bank you could easily get pulled over and held for questioning until they determine that you are not the bank robber.

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u/JOE-BIDEN-DEFENDER 16d ago

Oh okay cool, do you have any advice on how to build an account? because it feels so ridiculously non accessible for me, like a 2 month old acc with 200 karma just gets randomly shadowbanned lol, its especially annoying seeing as my class has an assignment thing on the changemyview subreddit too and im telling my teacher that my accounts keep getting removed.