If you think a ban is excessively long or unwarranted, you can try messaging the moderators to first apologize, admit the things that you did wrong, promise you won’t do them again, and then explain your side or ask questions. The best thing to do when you receive a subreddit ban is to simply wait until the ban ends, especially if the ban has a short duration. Sometimes users are banned simply because they are expressing dissenting opinions and not actually breaking a rule. However, rules are interpreted differently and some moderators are extremely aggressive when it comes to banning. Like shadow bans, a subreddit ban usually happens when a user breaks either a Reddit-wide rule or a subreddit-specific rule multiple times. When you are banned from a subreddit, you will get a message from the moderator that details the length of the ban and possibly the reason why you were banned. While the Reddit admins can shadowban you, moderators have the ability to ban users from subreddits they moderate. If you are still new to Reddit and don’t have much of an account history, this is probably the simplest option.
The admins are fairly good about responding to legitimate requests to be unbanned, but it could take a few days before they get back to you, so be patient.Īnother option is to create a new account and forget about the banned account. If you think it was an error, you can message the administrators by visiting the contact page and clicking on the “message the admins” link. If you get a “404” or “page not found” error, that means you have been shadowbanned. If you ever have reason to believe your account has been shadow banned, logout of your account and visit your user page: We are not exactly sure why accidental shadow bans happen, but sometimes an account will be shadowbanned automatically by the system even though they did nothing wrong. If you follow our advice you will never be shadowbanned for posting too many links, however, you could be shadowbanned by mistake. The most likely reason for a non-spammer to be shadowbanned is for posting too many links in a short period of time. Instead of outright banning a spam account, which gives the spammer a clear signal that the account is no longer useful, a shadowban silently bans the account and makes it harder for the spammer to detect if the account is still useful. Shadowbans are utilized by Reddit primarily to deter spammers or anyone that is behaving like one. When a user is “shadowbanned”, their account seems completely functional, but they are invisible to the rest of Reddit.
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