Hey all. I’m here to tell you about my experience getting “shadow-banned” on my 8-year-old Reddit account. Short alike others: https://lemmy.today/post/49087735, https://lemmy.today/post/48784920, https://lemmy.today/post/47876190, https://lemmy.today/post/47779751

Almost smart

I basically stopped using Reddit 3 year ago around the whole “Reddit’s killing Thirdparty APPS” but, got sucked back in to a niche health/lookmaxing style Sub that I helped Mod for 10 months.

The day of

About a week ago I’m making posts, commenting, Moding, etc, and interactions stop working strangely lets of red error popups, and the “Important Information About Your Reddit Account” notification, saying “after detecting some technical irregularities on your USER_NAME account, we took the extra precaution of locking your account. To unlock your account, reset your password now.”

Figuring it out

So, I reset it via my email and log back in. Worried, but it seem top be working… then a few hours later the same red banner errors when I try to interact with users. So, I view my account on a logged out browser and it says “account suspended”

What to-do?

After filling out both https://www.reddit.com/appeal & https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000600232 I waited for an email, Reddit notification… And got nothing about it.

Now, the current non-signed in status is “This account has been banned” & all posts/comments are removed (Mods can still see them as from u/deleted & manually approve them)

When signed in:

  • No banner on my account or reason for being banned.
  • All public interactions fail with a Red popup error, and my entire history of posts and comments says “Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit’s filters.” or “Removed by Reddit”

Why?

What did I do wrong? Only reddit knows that! We can speculate, but, there is no point really. Reddit’s TOS allows them to!

How I feel about it

I feel disrespected, gaslit, lied to, and discriminated against. Sad, angry, depressed, etc… :( You all know the stages of grief.

Reddit pretending there’s a technical issue to me, but banning me without even saying it, and removing all my past posts & comments is very disheartening. From my personal experience, Reddit has proven to be largely a waste of time, and very much uninvestable.

Moving forward

Well, I’m not gonna make another Reddit account just for the same thing to happen, that would be me participating in (as I see it) a toxic relationship. I still get other random Reddit notifications (modmail, streak messages, etc) I can’t do anything with. It’s like Reddit is teasing me now. This guy has a good point https://lemmy.today/post/47176601/22123471

A little help?

Anyway, I know there is a lot of hate for conservative/Christian views around here, so any TIPS on where to find a ‘safe space’ to be me & express my self, and how to limit/block toxicity would be appreciated.

Maybe this is a sign from God, that my time is better offline.

  • Reddit_refugee7834@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
    1·
    18 hours ago

    I get the sentiment, you make many correct points that I can not disagree with! There are two sides to every coin, and they must work to balance us. Your right that we must move forward in trust, doing away with Sins of the past and being reborn.

    If you would read https://lemmy.today/post/49597645/23011160

    About The GOP paragraph: Although I know it’s a largely corrupted party, I agree that the federal government should not be into health-care, education or charity (in our own lands). As far as ICE, we need a border & to punish these who break our laws to maintain our nation, you can say our current policies are bad. But, I feel ICE guys are getting a lot of hate for doing what politicians we the people elected have hired them to do. I know our the USA Fascist & Socialism system is corrupt, I pray we start seeking first the kingdom of God, rather than Money!

    Take the bathrooms that you mentioned: why is this a thing that people want the government involved in? Why should the government be able to tell you who can use the bathroom in your business? Shouldn’t that be up to the business owner? Isn’t that the “conservative” solution?

    I’m not an Anarchist, or a libertarian, so no, and that’s not clearly not the “conservative” solution. If you read my above linked comment, you can understand why I think government must regulate morality. I also think it’s the duty of the strong (men) to protect the weak (women/children), and part of what makes a gentleman vs a beast.

    The rules are here to serve us; therefore, there’s no better set of people to determine what those rules should be. Conservatism is about maintenance of the status quo, and most people in the country are unhappy with the status quo. Isn’t that a good enough reason to change it, and to move away from an elite who doesn’t have our best interests at heart?

    Again, I basically have to agree. Maybe “Christian nationalist” is a better fitting term to encapsulate my views! Anyway, I don’t find wearing around such metaphorical badges helpful. Free to address & insult me as you will :)

    People seem to be using the Downvote as an “I disagree” button, which is a basic misapplication IMO https://www.reddit.com/r/storyofseasons/comments/l59iya/reminder_that_the_downvote_button_is_not_an_i/

    • LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 hours ago

      You’re supporting the exact people who would have killed Jesus. You have an upside down morality, and are precisely like the pharisees that Jesus railed against. You’re standing for state cruelty instead of charity like you don’t believe a thing Jesus preached.

      He didn’t say "love your neighbor… So long as they’re not a foreigner (many of the people swept up and deported in the ICE raids are here legally).

      You’re not standing up for the downtrodden; you’re a servant of the wealthy.

      If you’re a Christian Nationalist, then get lost. I want nothing to do with you.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
      1·
      13 hours ago

      People seem to be using the Downvote as an “I disagree” button, which is a basic misapplication IMO

      You do understand this isn’t reddit, right…?