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Can using reddit with a sideloaded app with your own api from reddit get you banned (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago by Jangofango@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm kinda confused because one thing I noticed was it never told I was banned it just kept saying server error on regular reddit while Continuum looked like it was working fine.

Problem was I had forgotten to update the app in months and when I had I was required to change my password since I thought it was an issue with my password and kept putting it in wrong too many times and eventually just changed my email along with my password. Like I don't see why I'm banned unless I go incognito on my account

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is lemmy.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Funny, because this kind of snarky reply would be perfectly at home on Reddit.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Sir, this is Denny's.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip -3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well... I'm here now,but I'm curious how it got to that point. Ya know ?? Especially with clinical anxiety I was never even given a reason for why I was banned and its really kinda stressful esp having recently lost my grandfather and figuring that out emotionally. I'd just like to figure out why it happened

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You don't remember the mass exodus due to the closure of Reddit's API?

Reddit (and lemmy alike) will only serve to increase your anxiety long-term. From what i've been hearing Reddit has also been less transparent about their bans lately and will often target minor transgressions the they otherwise once wouldn't have.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I thought lemmy was better :edit and yes I do remember the api exodus from reddit

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sorry i wasn't finished revising my post, but it's still 'doom-scrolling' regardless of the platform.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

All good

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

You could have been banned for something else too, their ban bots are really arbitrary now. Not really a way to know for sure.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

AFAIK if you use your own OAuth token reddit is officially cool with it. Officially.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Odd , than why did I need to go into incognito mode to figure out i was banned

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You'd be using the same OAuth key in the app, even logged out, if that helps.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Not really but thank you ^_^

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've been doing it since 2023.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Huh odd...