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I've been banned so many times there's no point in even visiting that site anymore.
I got banned for reasons I don't really understand. So, I just accepted it and it's fine.
They never explained the reasons to me either.
worst part is fucking shadow bans
evil things, especially when you are new to the site, have no idea and are posting, but no one can ever see your posts.
Or the famous subscription followed by an autoban because they don't like your IP after all.
They do that to me for fun apparently.
thats the thing, reddit started using AI to moderate all bans, this obfuscate the reason they ban people, it allows them to ban without getting much pushback. Also the fact they RARELY even lift a ban when someone appeals everyday for MONTHS.
The bigger mystery to me is why people try so hard to get back in. I had a 14 year account and when I was banned I just moved on. The last couple of years the place was a pit.
probably the only SC they would engage on, or niche content? not many people know about Lemmy, let alone the other platforms. i often see people interact mostly on reddit doom scrolling in public, or on tiktok.
Can't you only appeal once?
no you can appeal once per day, indefinitely. the thing is they used to give feedback or reason of ban, but now because of the amount of appeals they are getting by AI banning, they rarely lift a ban. only admins have the power to unban people, since admins are actual reddit employees, there is likely very few of them compared to how many appeals they have to go through. i think they even use AI to ignore most of the appeals, and randomly choose which ones they will lift a ban.