Reddit banned me for seemingly no reason. Twice. I’m sticking to Lemmy. I don’t know how the moderators at reddit even function. The entire process is beyond shady. Not only do they not tell you why you were banned but they literally don’t even tell you that you are banned. They let you just browse thinking everything is fine until you realize that every single post you make gets automatically deleted That your PFP suddenly disappears. that your achievements don’t seem to work Then if you try to type in your account into a browser you’re not logged in at, only then will you see that you’re banned. Then if you can figure out how to get to the appeals page, which for some reason two of exists, even though they are identical, Reddit not only doesn’t ever bother responding at all, but they don’t even acknowledge that they received the appeal. Not even an automated message. Nothing. I don’t know any other social media site that does this its just wild to me. Anyway, I’m here to rant about it because I can’t rant on Reddit.🤣 hope you guys enjoyed the rant
Reddits systems likely use AI, which develops all kinds of false positives. So it’s much worse.
This exactly what it is. And I wouldn’t even mind that much if there was actual oversight of the AI and they actually investigated appeals like they are supposed to instead of just ignoring people, which they do. At the very least, I think that they owe users an explanation of the reasons why they were banned, instead of just silence when you are appealing. On top of that, what’s funny is actual spam bots thrive on Reddit. It’s innocent people who get punished by these bans, not bots And I don’t mean just me. I mean there’s an entire community on r/shadowban of people that have experienced the exact same thing and the exact same complete ignoring of appeals. It’s just so frustrating. And then you got people like the guy commenting above just going, "well, you probably deserved it."when I’ve done nothing but contribute positively to the Reddit community for the last three years. But despite that one idiot above, I’m still thankful that at least I have somewhere to go to rant about my frustration lol