I’ve had 5 Reddit accounts banned over the past couple of months. I wasn’t spamming. I wasn’t self-promoting. I didn’t post links. I just… talked to people.
My posts were things like: – Photos of my cat – A conversation about burnout in r/CasualConversation – Responding to comments politely
Each time, the account got suspended out of nowhere. No warning, no explanation. I filed appeals — no answer. I tagged @RedditSupport on Twitter — silence.
I’m an indie game developer. I wasn’t even promoting my game. I was trying to be a part of the community. Reddit punished me for using the site as intended.
I know I’m not the only one who’s been through this.
If Reddit is hostile to new users, what future does it have?
This raises the question: why do you keep coming back? Do you enjoy being abused?
I originally joined Reddit just to share my game, maybe build a small community around it. But after five bans for doing absolutely nothing wrong, my goal has changed. Now I just want to let as many people as possible know how broken Reddit really is.
Reddit bans for ban evasion so the four bans may be due to the first one.
They never told me what the first ban was for. Just silence. So yeah — I kept trying, like any human would.
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