So why the hell does reddit ban people so easily? I got banned from one games sub for something i did not do and could not contact the mods since they also banned me from doing that.
So only option left is to make a new account so i get access to the sub so i can ask for help there since i had problems with the game. Well it worked and i got my problem with the game solved but after that i got permanently banned for ban evasion :/
There was no ill intent with any of my posts and was wrongfully banned the first time. Sure ban evasion is forbidden but it should not be so strictly moderated, concidering that a person can be banned by a mod just because they misunderstand one of ur comments or just generally want to cause harm to some users. There needs to be a way to avoid mods abusing their power and only way to do so is making a new account.
Now there is no way for me to get help with the game if i ever have more problems, or anyway i can help someone else who has problem i know how to solve. That’s unreasonable.
“Ban Evasion” is such a bullshit concept anyway. Do something we don’t like, and try and come back early? You can no longer come here, for life! And since I bet they IP ban, it bans your entire household! I wonder if there are some public places that are Reddit black holes, silently banning any Redditor who goes there because one person once called King Steven a greedy pigboy.
I left Reddit at the time of the great APIcalypse, and there were some businesses whose customer service was so abysmal that the only practical avenue for customer service was on Reddit. Getting a permanent ban for bullshit reasons can have an actual effect if you need support from one of these companies.
It surprises me that they haven’t banned the wrong lawyer at the wrong time to prompt a class action lawsuit over how arbitrary it all is.
My permaban was for using the Wi-Fi in a public place, so I think you’re right.
A perm ban isnt an ip ban I dont think, at least for accoutns that exist on different devices never logged into the same devices
It’s not, I’m the only one at my house who is perma-banned
Thats the big problem i currently have. The game sub i was part of is the place where i always got help solving my problems quickly and it’s the only place to have any meanigful conversation about the game.
Now i can’t do that anymore and since im perma banned on reddit i can’t take part in health and mental health subs i was part of that were the only place to get support or have conversations regarding all my health problems :/
I feel you man, got permabanned as well. Apparently you can not say mean things about Musk, Trump and Israel there, sooner or later it’s going to be glorifying violence, and after that they sic a report bot on you or something and you get banned for multiple breaches of the rules, which are entirely ficticious (the breaches, not the rules). Afaik fascists got me banned so they’ve got one less voice calling out their bullshit.
I am not saying this applies to you but many times someone will say I was banned for saying “mean things” but what they really mean is they called for violence or death of a public figure or another reddit user. Anyone who does that is immediately perm banned. And you can’t back track it and say “I really didn’t mean it”. Add to that calling someone a fascist and you are gone. The list is long but the basics are never call for violence and you can disagree with someone but you can’t call them a “name” while doing it.
Everything is considered a call to violence on Reddit now though, I got a week long ban for saying I was surprised Kanye hadn’t murder/suicided Kim or Taylor yet and the reason was I was inciting violence like Kanye himself was going to read that and then do it
If you can’t call litteral fascists what they are there is a serious fascist problem going on.
I admit that at some point in Januari someone stated Musk was going to face serious consequences for what he did and I replied that he wasn’t unless there was an assassin willing to shoot through a toddler. I didn’t say we need to find such a person, or someone should shoot Musk or anything like that. Just implied that he wasn’t going to face any kind of consequences of any legal nature. I’d barely count that as “glorifying violence” You can see much worse statements on Reddit every day.
A literal fascist is hitler or mussolini. Using that term for anyone else is your opinion. “unless there was an assassin willing to shoot through a toddler” - come on you really didn’t think they would ban you for that? Big red flag just using the work “assassin”. I am not defending reddit . I have been perm banned 3 time. And always reinstated. But the last time perm ban lasted 2 years before they reinstated me. Let’s just say I know all the “third rails” at reddit. If you touch them you have to expect to get banned. I occasionally use it but now I really have to consider anything that I might post before I do it. It’s not about what you want to post or comment, now it’s about what they will allow.
A literral fascist isn’t Hitler or Mussolini. There are criteria for determining if a movement or person is fascist. I find Eco 's checklist, which is displayed at holocaust musea, so it has some general acceptance, quite handy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism
It may have general acceptance but you can’t be a fascist unless you have absolute control over your country. And so far at least, our country still has enough checks and balances to prevent that.
What a weird thing to say.
How I feel about comics and blender, but blender at least ive had better help on discord and yt comments since most creators are small they tend to reply quick, reddit was mostly nice for finding other small creators, wish theyd come over here lol, I tried mentioning lemmy in some discords and how the blender community has potential for getting eyes on your work but no luck
Unless you pay for a static IP. There’s a decent chance it will change if you reboot it or leave it powered off for a while.
Not sure but I don’t think they IP ban. I think they are using AI on both posting and cookie data. Maybe someone could confirm.
Well good news, clearing cookies is even easier.
Banning IP? What is this, 2000? Almost every household has dynamic IP
My IP never changes until I have a power outage. Even then the lease usually gets renewed with the same IP address
My router disconnects from network if no device uses it. I usually have a new IP each time I power on my PC
My local library, every hotel and Starbucks are such black holes they do exist. They are also becoming more common.
I live in a popular tourist area, iv seen signs that warn people to not log into their social media accounts while attending due to possible ban issues.
Tho it covers twitter, Facebook and tiktok along with reddit.
The really really big cons don’t really deal with it since most of the big social media sites ignore the ips for those locations. Tho that’s not entirely a full proof solution
A buddy of mine got banned on reddit and Twitter both for ban evasion/no reason given respectively after logging in at a national level convention here. He worked for reasonably sized media company at the time too.
Automated IP baning like always has been a mess and barely functional. It’s basically never worked reliable and always has collateral damage.
Hardware id and mac address banning do the same thing tho more in frequently.
I’ve heard that certain well-connected people have been banned, like wall street people and politicians, but they know who to call at reddit HQ and get themselves unbanned. That’s not the case for the rest of us, and I don’t know about the rest of you but I can’t afford a lawyer.
My brother can still go to Reddit, but they always know it’s me.