So, I know this isn’t a help forum or anything but, being Lemmy I’d think some people are on the same boat as me too.
I got permanently Banned in reddit for vote manipulation, I foolishly and childishly used 2 accounts to up vote myself to make it seem I was winning arguments. I then created a new account to start fresh but I didn’t know that counted as a Ban Evasion(I didn’t know ban Evasion was a thing), but that got banned too.
I’ve appealed by apologizing since I am guilty and genuinely sorry , however I’m not a spambot or anything. I made a mistake and just want a second chance.
Is there anything else I can do to start fresh “safely”? (factory reset my android device? I Can’t change my external IP tho) Has anyone been on a similar situation and gotten their account reinstated?
Being honest I like Lemmy but it’s nowhere near as populated as Reddit, sadly
I had two fairly old reddit accounts (10+ years and 100s or thousands of comments and post karma) get nuked without them giving me a reason. They just said I broke TOS. I appealed and asked what rule I broke and it was instantly denied. I still have no clue what rule I allegedly broke.
I tried making a new account with a different email on a new device using a new Internet connection and it got banned after 30 minutes.
Fuck reddit. Banning people and never giving them a reason or a chance to correct their mistake (if they even made one) is ludicrous.
interesting, were you banned within the last month? they went hard in januarary and last week too, not only you but other people were banned. 2 of acc were banned for similar reason that were 5+years old. simply if they detected you commented in a post (with an old account that you deleted and was previously banned) some or all new ones will get the same ban.
currently 1 of my accs that had the pera ban inbox message isnt really banned? i checked the repeal page and it wont let me repeal because it dint detect a ban in place, which makes me think they actually were banning indiscriminately with an AI, and ive heard people were banned in error too. from what ive heard from a different forum, they were banning in waves since November. also the ban was done by an AI.
I made my Lemmy account the day I got reddit banned. So the age of this account is how long ago they nuked my accounts lol
Well in my case I KNOW I’m guilty, I just want to apologize and see if I can get a second chance eventually
try appealing your original account that got banned, and try once a week even if they reject the first time.
I wouldn’t hold your breath. From what I can tell you and I are cooked for good. Oh well.
its pretty low chance, if its by ban evasion. they went extra hard in the last few months so any linked accounts they saw recieves a ban, of course this also catches innocents they often reject as well, since an AI is the one banning. when before, you get banned made new accounts, avoided that sub you were scot free, and even was able to comment in the "pre-banned sub, eventually, given at least 1year cooldown), but they were actually keeping track behind the scenes and waiting for a "large purge to ban you altogether)