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My observations about reddit bans and how they work (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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With the given that I have never seen any reddit protocols for temporary or permanent bans it seems like there is no protocol. It is really based on the individual opinions of admins. This is no different than the way it works with mods of groups. It is mostly a subjective decision.

What you can’t do is call another user a cunt or something similar without getting banned from that group. You will also have an issue if you call a public figure a cunt or something similar. You will never be able to use any form of argument to endorse violence or the destruction of property. Before a group mod removes your comment, other users might “report” it. And if enough do it will trigger the Admins seeing it and in my opinion this is what causes permanent bans. Not only did you violate their stated rules in a group, but now you have drawn the attention of an Admin who has the ability to perm ban you site wide.

One of the biggest changes I have seen is a greatly increased auto moderator. Many posts and comments never make it to any group where you can see them because they have automatically been removed. They have beefed up their filters that immediately catch things like “nazi” and even the word “violence”. Individual group mods then have the ability if they wish to “approve” posts and comments caught up in the auto moderator.

It has been asked how can I get a site wide ban for 7 days and then the next time I log in and I am permanently banned. Not sure but again seems subjective based on the amount of reports that were filed against you and the mood that day of an Admin

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[–] g0ndii@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I just found out I was banned... the only thing I probably did... was use a VPN. I occasionally had trouble accessing Reddit and switched servers to circumvent that. I'm guessing this caused it.... the changing IPs? I have been critical of Trump and Elon.., but not in a threatening or vulgar way whatsoever. Just discussion. Maybe that didn't help...

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It was the VPN and IP switching, a sudden switch is very suspicious on reddit filters. I've been hearing on another forums they are getting better at detecting anti detection browser setups too.

[–] g0ndii@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Honesty.. it must habe been. I’m generally a fairly tame reddit user.. and the problems started, when i started using the VPN (I got an account lock for suspicious behaviour.. solved that. A week later shadowban).

Really sucks though.. 15 year-account.

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Simply using a VPN would not get you banned. Recently some states banned porn over the internet unless you could prove that you were 21. Reddit stopped showing NSFW vids and gifs in those states based on the user IP. Many then simply used a VPN that made it appear that they were in Canada. And the NSFW stuff was all visible again. No accounts were affected for simply using a VPN

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Actually it kinda flags your account even if they don't ban you rightaway, it's usually a shadowban. Also they keep their reasons why they ban people vague, even to the mods, so they can have an excuse to ban youm

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have never seen a shadowban because of a person using a VPN

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

others have reported they have been banned for using it. they might not ban people right away, because botters/spammers always uses vpn to ban evade.

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well yes VPN is used many times to evade bans. I went for over a year with a new account using a VPN. Then one day I forgot to turn it on. Next morning this new account that I created and that worked for over a year was banned.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yea, they are on to your account, as soon as they see your actual IP. they have all sorts of way to recognize patterns. they probably flagged your account the moment you used the vpn, but because the ip was hidden, they couldnt ban you right away, they just waited til your real IP leaked and it autobans you.