My account has been banned by reddit for a most absurd reason.

First, I recieved warnings text of which said they were auto generated. Since auto generated content is least reliable, I ignored them.

Second, the warnings were themself irrational. Social media always has a share button. If a post is supposed to remain private, either it should be mentioned on top of it or shall be posted in a private community. Posts I shared were on public pages and I did not claim copy right. In fact, details of model and photo studio were explicitly visible.

Now I’m very very disappointed by Reddit. What sort of naive policy is it. I had an account with 10K karma. Had made some original posts with 100s if likes n shares. I want my reddit account back. I don’t want to make a new one. I want my original account un-banned. Kindly guide me how may I proceed??

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    In 2022 I was among the top 1% of karma earners on reddit. And all I did was say things that made me laugh, or think, or just generally contribute to the conversation. I didn’t post much original content. Just mostly text replies in the comments.

    Then in 2023 they banned me. I hadn’t broken rules. It was automods claiming my text btoke rules. When I read the text of the offending posts, I do not understand. It didn’t break rules.

    The 3rd strike that banned me wad on /r/Cleveland. Someone posted a picture of a guy stealing his bike.

    I posted the reply:

    When I was 7, I had my bike stolen. Kind of looked like this guy. However that was 30 years ago, so it can’t be him. Maybe it’s a father/son business?

    I got banned for “Harassment of reddit community members”.

    Who am I harassing exactly?

    10 year old account. Something like 200k comment karma. Probably close to a million comments.

    My account was “reviewed by a human” who denied my appeal 45 seconds after I submitted it.

    I’ll let you draw your own conclusions on how it was handled. And no. I never got my account back.