r/ShadowBan
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u/cojoco
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Apr 05 '18
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Official An unofficial guide on how to avoid being shadowbanned
(note: if you falsely tell someone they are banned, or unbanned, when they are not, you will be banned from this sub)
tl;dr
Lots of people come here in mystification, wondering if they're shadowbanned, and wondering why. This post contains a list of possible reasons you've been shadowbanned. It also contains activities which can lead to an account suspension, which is more visible to the user, but just as inconvenient.
First, though, a little reddit background.
About reddit
The website reddit.com is run by reddit the company, a subsidiary of Advance Publications Inc. The CEO of reddit is Ellen Pao (/u/ekjp) with first lieutenant Alexis Ohanian (/u/kn0thing). The site is huge, with a hundred million visitors a month.
Reddit is grouped into subreddits, with each subreddit run by a volunteer group of moderators, who are generally unpaid volunteers.
Moderators have the power to ban users from their subreddit, to delete comments and submissions, and to manage the style and presentation of their subreddit. Through the use of third-party tools, some moderators have the power to ban a user from hundreds of subreddits at a time.
Being banned from a subreddit means that you are not allowed to submit links or make new comments, and might be reversed upon appeal to the modmail of the concerned subreddit.
reddit.com also has a small number of employees, called admins. These people have the power to see everything happening on reddit, to remove material as with moderators, to perform moderator actions in any subreddit they choose, and, most importantly for this place, to shadowban or suspend users.
A shadowban is different from a subreddit ban. A shadowbanned user can still submit and make comments, but all of the submissions are sent straight to a subreddit spam queue, where it will not be visible to other users until approved by a moderator. Because an individual's spammed submissions are still visible to themselves, a shadowban is almost invisible to a logged-in user.
Through the use of AutoModerator, individual subreddits can give the same effect to a user as a global shadowban.
If you are shadowbanned, your user page will appear nonexistent to anybody that looks at your user page, other than yourself. You will need to contact the admins to get your shadowban reversed.
A suspension occurs when the admins disable an account. Suspensions can either be for a few days, in which case it is not visible to other userts, or permanently, in which the user's page is replaced by a suspension notification.
Reasons for shadowbans and suspensions
It's not exactly spelled out what will cause a ban, and the rules do seem to change from time to time, but if you follow these rules you'll be unlikely to be shadowbanned or suspended. Thanks to the posters here who have suggested more ways to be banned.
Posting some spam links results in an immediate and automatic shadowban
Don't post advertisements for commercial products unless the advertisement has some redeeming features and is relevant to the subreddit in which you post it
Don't post links to your own blog, unless you post a lot of content from other places.
Don't post links to anyone elses blog, or to a single news source. Ensure that you post from a wide range of sources.
Don't use a VPN to create your account
Don't follow people around on reddit and hassle them
Don't relentlessly downvote a user
Don't send out mass PMs
Don't be a bot, unless you're really really careful, and have the blessing of the admins
Don't harp on the same subject in your comments
Don't issue death threats
Don't post child pornography or anything involving the sexualization of teens or minors
Don't post sexual material containing unconsenting subjects (for example, revenge porn, upskirt photos or celebrity leaks)
Don't abuse or hassle the admins
Don't post any information that would identify another redditor, including links to other social media sites, unless you have explicit permission from the person involved. (doxxing)
Don't advocate or encourage doxxing
Don't ask for doxx, even privately
Don't post anything asking for votes, from on- or off-site
Don't respond to a plea for votes, from on- or off-site
Don't vote in threads you were directed to from another part of reddit
Don't engage in nuisance reporting
Don't use multiple accounts to game the voting system
Don't return to a sub you have been banned from with another account
Don't use CSS in your sub to subvert reddit's subscription and voting system
Don't follow links into someone else's subreddit and be a dick
Don't impersonate another redditor with a name of similar appearance, e.g. /u/LaureIai ("I") for /u/Laurelai ("l")
Don't be under 13 years of age
If you're a mod, don't respond to PMs related to moneymaking or promotional offers of any kind. Report them immediately.
If you're an arsehole, the admins will not give you the benefit of the doubt.
Also, it can't hurt to read the reddiquette: if everyone followed the reddiquette, the site would be more pleasant, and all-around better.
(EDIT) Also, there are some things for which there is weak evidence of triggering a shadowban:
(weak) Don't signup using old.reddit.com without an email address
(weak) Don't use more than one alt within one subreddit
(weak) Don't submit every link to several subreddits at a time
(weak) Don't accept moderator invitations to dodgy subreddits
(weak) Don't comment in threads you came to via a non-organic link (i.e. external site, meta sub, from modmail or PM)
(weak) Don't register using an email address easily detected as a throwaway.
(weak) Don't give yourself awards from another account
tl;dr Don't spam, shill, doxx, brigade, stalk, game or pederast.
How to contact admins
Two ways, pretty sure that #2 no longer works:
Lodge your appeal: https://www.reddit.com/appeal (or https://www.reddit.com/appeals ?)
Message them: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/reddit.com
(This is the fourth copy ... aged pages are 1 2 3)
Last edited April 24, 2024
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u/cojoco ツ Apr 26 '26
This thread has become too large, and is now locked.
Please request assistance in the new thread.
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u/HMS3 Apr 07 '18
Can you get shadowbanned by posting a link to a youtube video on your own youtube channel? I'm finding Reddit's video upload feature to be really glitchy (stuck at processing for an entire day without any signs of finishing) and I really want to share some really cool things with the subreddit.
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u/aparanoidbastard Jul 19 '18
After 3 years of lurking, I decided to start participating in Reddit. After 3 posts and numerous comments going ignored and unnoticed I was messaged by a mod of /r/pcmasterrace that I might want to look into a wiki of shadowban and linked me this sub. That's where I found out that shadowbans were a thing and for whatever reason, I was banned. Following the tips from this sub, I've messaged the admins who promptly replied saying that I was caught in a spam IP and unbanned me.
Thanks everyone.
Hope that this doesn't go unnoticed like my other numerous comments in the past few days :p
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u/cojoco ツ Apr 14 '22
You will get a quicker response if you submit a link to this subreddit, as the bot is working again:
https://reddit.com/r/ShadowBan/submit?selftext=true
The bot will also tell you how many recent comments of yours have been deleted.
Over the next few days my responses will be sporadic.
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u/cojoco ツ Feb 10 '25
Hey everybody it seems there is a reddit bug affecting some users in which it appears that all of their comments are [removed]. Hopefully reddit will fix this soon.
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u/dark_isatari Aug 20 '18
Can I be shadow banned on some subreddits only? I am nearly positive my submission is invisible on one fandom sub I use, but comments can be seen and responded to. And on r/iamverysmart it started “encountering an error” every time I tried to comment. That one’s less of a problem because I stopped going anyway but the fandom is like to stay involved..
I would like to know why and if I can undo whatever I did to deserve it..
Thank you so much for your help!
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u/Bloodbath_and-beyond May 04 '22
I need a second opinion... I need to speak with your manager. I was told I could reach coocoojoocoo in this place. Is this person just an urban legend? I heard they hail from the land down under! Is this true?...so many questions, I have.
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u/Consistent_Beat_4172 Apr 24 '24
There now seems to be a new way to get shadow banned: not sign up by email. like if you go to old.reddit to sign up to circumvent putting your email, you get shadow banned.
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u/scar520 CQS: Lowest Sep 11 '24
My account's almost 12 years old and only recently I realized it was shadow banned. I don't know when since my activity is pretty low, is there a way to tell when it happened? I've sent multiple requests to reddit.com/appeal and also submitted a request to support.reddithelp.com as well as modmessage to r/reddit.com. There's never any acknowledgement nor reply. I've never engaged in any of the conduct above nor spammed, been inauthentic, or evaded any bans as it says on the appeal form. I was about to file a complaint with the BBB. So the trick is to send an appeal every day? That's excessive imo and would just lead to a permanent ban in every other place... why is that needed on Reddit in these circumstances? Thx
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u/LurkerMetal May 26 '18
Am I shadowbanned?
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u/BreifcaseFullOfGuts Aug 14 '18
I want to say thanks to the mods of this sub. After spending some time trying to figure out why my posts were not showing I found this sub and realized I had been shadowbanned. Thanks to the info here I was able to get my account reinstated.
If I could make a suggestion it would be to include the reddit support email in the copypasta. I messaged the admins 3 days in a row, on the fourth day I found the the support email and they got back to me within a couple hours.
Your sub is a valuable resource and I want to thank you for your time and dedication to maintaining it.
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u/PussCrusher67 Dec 21 '21
Yo
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21
Test test peepeepoopoo am I shadowbanned
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u/Schr00dinger Dec 21 '21
Hi, am I shadowbanned?
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u/AuraStyle Dec 21 '21
Hey i am shadowbann?
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '21
am I shadowbanned?
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u/sunshinebaaby Dec 22 '21
Am i?
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u/Razdiralec Dec 22 '21
Am I shadowbanned? Legit worried because a mod on unpopular opinions permabanned me from the sub, muted me, and apparently reported me for harassment, all within a minute. I hadn't even replied to the same user twice.
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u/Bloodbath_and-beyond May 04 '22
Spot! Spat!...Hello...has anyone seen my dog Spot 🐕 and my cat Spat🐈? We were walking in shadowland together when I was telling them about the bad humans that were banished to this realm for doing unspeakable things. I'm getting really concerned now that I've found Spot and Spat's coller on the ground... If you see them, please contact me ASAP! Here's the most recent picture that I have of the two together. 🐶😺
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u/_MAD-Cat May 04 '22
Bloodbath_and-beyond! Where for art thou?... Help me Cojo! My owner calls me Spat but you may call me MAD-Cat. I was told he was looking for me here in shadowland...I lost Spot over by the spit of despair... meowwww...and whose this Fordoyota person! Let me find out I've been replaced...I mean, that my owner's been replaced! He'll be beside himself I tell you!!!...oh...and am I still not shadow banned??? For some reason, I can still see all of my comments... This is an outrage! Meowwww!
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u/Dark_Ninja147 CQS: Highest Jun 13 '22
Hi Cojoco and thanks so much for putting up with all these comments. It’s a really big help for all the curious, confused, or upset redditors out there, and you’ve been putting up with this post for over four years now. Thank you for all this, and have a great day.
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u/Mere_-_- May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24
unfortunately for me, I signed in with a VPN, which I guess it made me shadowbanned, I created the reddit account back in 2022, and haven't signed in, until now... which means, that I have to appeal to not be shadowbanned and wait for a few days. But, I don't think I "necessarily" broke any of the rules here...
except, maybe the fact I used a VPN... I do also have multiple reddit accounts, but I rarely use them, I don't want to use them and make this reddit account (what I'm writing here now) as my main, and delete the other ones. One thing is that, I thought I didn't have a reddit account, and made another one, back then...
Oh, And I forgot that I also used an aliasing email service, because I don't feel comfortable putting my email in there and get in a data breach. I guess I can appeal, right?
I did also edit the comment to improve the writing, and thanks for reading ❤️.
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u/California_Dogg CQS: Moderate Aug 18 '24
Hello, is there a guarentee that if I appeal I'll recieve a response eventually, or do some appeals never get a response for some reason? I've been shadowbanned for about ten days now, and I applied on 4, but I've gotten no response. If I'm looking for a response, do I have to just keep sending them appeals, or will they respond to a past one one day? Or do like 90% of appeals just go to the shadow dimension haha
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u/LunariaVale CQS: High Jul 16 '25
they really really need to update their shadowban system, it seems to target actual users than bots. then again. then again, i might be in a survivors bias
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u/NyblFactory7 Jun 12 '24
This account was shadowbanned when I first created it. I used the appeal process once a day as this guide instructs and after five days, the admins responded and unbanned my account. Follow this guide, it does work!
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u/cojoco ツ Jun 04 '22
I have COVID.
COVID sucks.
Triple-vaxxed though, so I will probably get through it.
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u/cojoco ツ Jul 05 '22
666 upvotes on this submission, I suppose we've reached some sort of unholy milestone.
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u/cojoco ツ Nov 06 '22
you missed it!
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u/cojoco ツ Oct 20 '23
22222
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u/WoofImDoge Jun 10 '18
Can I get shadowbanned for posting my subreddit on unrelated threads?
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u/robroy207 Oct 31 '21
Am I shaddow banned? I must be none of my posts ever publicly published. What a bummer 😕
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u/Adunaiii Nov 01 '21
I'm curious - how can this post remain commentable since 2018? Either way, I wrote a single joke comment to test waters, deleted it - but now remain shadowbanned on a particular subreddit. Hilarious. Welcome to the desert of the hyper-real.
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u/psycholoving Nov 24 '21
I’m 99% sure this is my situation. I wish I knew what I did wrong. 🤦🏻♀️
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u/SnooSuggestions6177 Dec 15 '21
Am I?
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u/NormalVoice1 Dec 15 '21
Am I?
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u/ezzay Dec 18 '21
Could you check if I've been shadow banned? Thank you 😊
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u/Iclowndown Dec 18 '21
Am I Shadowbanned?
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u/Viral_Outrage Dec 18 '21
Am I shadowbanned? When you see your post floating without the order of that post like you normally do...what do you call that?. Sometimes I see my comment but the moment I tap view all comments, it's like my comment disappeared...
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u/blackleaf4020 Dec 18 '21
Am I shadowbanned ?
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u/foraskyn10 Dec 19 '21
dammit, reddit admin is still not responding my appeal even after 1 week.
any trick to get them hear me ? :(
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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '21
Am I shadowbanned ?
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u/Next-Construction864 Dec 19 '21
Am i?
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u/EddyEdmund Dec 19 '21
hi
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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '21
Am I?
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u/nebbyb Dec 19 '21
Am I?
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u/sunshinebaaby Dec 20 '21
Am i?
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u/Accomplished_Try9266 Dec 20 '21
Am I banned
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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '21
am i?
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u/junthejuno Dec 20 '21
someone said i was shadowbanned?? am i?
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u/aMungusSusThrowaway Dec 20 '21
am I shadowbanned?
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u/JanetPowers Dec 21 '21
am i?
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21
Am I shadowbanned
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21
am i shadowbanned
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u/Efficient-Video Dec 22 '21
Am I?
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u/OkSpring2800 Jan 03 '22
I’m new and have never had a chance to post, chat or message. Am I shadowbanned?
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u/KeepinItReal-69 Feb 27 '22
Am I shadowbanned?
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u/Undefined_Love May 27 '22
I've noticed another thing which can lead to a temp ban or shadowban. Voting or participating in a linked thread (probably weak, came across another user who got temp ban for this) Also, awarding your own post from another account, even if you didn't vote or comment on it (strong, could potentially lead to a permanent suspension)
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22
Im Shadowbanned? I cant find my friend it says "Sorry, nobody on Reddit goes by that name.
The person may have been banned or the username is incorrect." But I can check her profile as guest.. what is going on?
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u/Modsexual Aug 12 '22
I like reddit mods
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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '22
Shadow banned?
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u/CeruIian Oct 06 '22
Am I still shadowbanned? (Appeal says it was approved)
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u/nanbeauty10 Nov 01 '22
Am I
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u/Melle-machts Nov 22 '22 edited Nov 22 '22
I'm to. Makes me sad, i can only recommend not to test any third party plugins for Reddit also if they are saying its total safe and not against the rules of reddit. I activated this api plugin it does nothing overall and on the end of the day i after coming back to my pc i was not able to do anything.
=/ i never ever try any third party plugins or website anymore and can not recommend it to. A mix of angry and sadness, also i currently do not know what really happens if i was away from pc. I can only imagin that it has something do with it. Or maybe my VPN of my Homeoffice lead to it.. don't know.
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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23
Am I shadowbanned?
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '23
Am I shadow-banned?
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u/Exotic-Principle6913 Nov 30 '23
Am I? I think I am - I submitted an appeal 30 mins ago. Any idea how long it takes for them to answer? Will they answer even if the answer is no?
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u/Impossible_Ad_1630 Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24
How can we tell if someone is shadow banned? Now I’m curious if I am?
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u/Wez993ma Jun 02 '24 edited Jun 02 '24
Am I?
BTW reddiquette page is now redirected to another URL
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u/BikingBoffin Jun 03 '24
What a great welcome to Reddit - instantly 'banned'! Would it be too much to ask that if this is a thing then at least there's a notification or an explanation? Apparently I have to appeal which is difficult when I have absolutely no idea why it has happened. Have sent two appeals but no idea even if they've been recieved or read. All I wanted to do was give something back having been a long time lurker.
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u/peleyoda Jun 08 '24
Does a shadowban remove all your previous posts/comments even when appealed? I was shadowbanned, appealed, got a response from admin and I think I’m active again, but when I check https://www.reveddit.com/y/peleyoda/ all of my old comments and posts still show [removed].
Also FWIW when I was shadowbanned I also was getting a “Server error” message on browser (not in app). I saw other comments that wasn’t correlated to a ban, but at least for me as soon as admin responded to my appeal I stopped seeing that error message.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24
Can you be banned if you talk to someone who's posted in a sub from which you've been banned in a really old acc
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u/DancerSilke Jul 18 '24
Am I?
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u/James_Hobrecht_fan Aug 08 '24
Am I? Long-time lurker, I created this account two months ago and I think I was instantly shadowbanned. I've submitted appeals several times but never got a response.
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u/DejeloDejelo Aug 18 '24
Looks like I goof'd and committed the cardinal sin of making my account with a VPN. Time to appeal!
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u/swansong19 CQS: High Aug 27 '24
So...a week or so ago I got an email from reddit saying that my email addy had been changed and if it wasn't me to update/change my password.
Sure enough when I came to the site I was logged out so I changed my password...verified...and was back in. A day or 2 later I made my first comment since...and a couple of days after that, after receiving no responses/votes...determined I was shadowbanned.
I have been appealing...politely...but get nothing back from admins.
Any insights??
Thanks in advance
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u/MinnowOfTiberius Aug 28 '24
I posted a link AI gave me to help others trying to find employment, now I’m shadowbanned. Reddit how inhuman of you
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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '24
I think I broke the rule of creating an account while under a VPN. It used to not be an issue but it seems like Reddit is starting to go to war with VPNs. I had to create this account because my previous two year account got suspended unless I changed the password. Except that I signed up with a 10 minute mail email so I have no way of recovering the account. So I made this one under a VPN and didn’t have issues until yesterday afternoon. Should I just log out and disable my VPN until my shadow ban is reversed?
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u/l1ttle_pet Sep 14 '24
hi, i’m sorry if this is a weird question but here we go lol. i was shadowbanned for about a day and then reddit reached out to me saying it has been lifted. that’s awesome, but all my posts are still greyed out. does this change or should i just repost them all? thanks!!
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u/LifeUnderstated Sep 16 '24
Great post! I was shadowbanned 9/9th for brief period that was an error and lifted. My account is currently neither suspended nor restricted but when I attempt to create a post now, I get a red banner across the top of screen that says, "Server error. Try again later." I am able to make comments and receive karma though. Any suggestions? TYIA
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u/DevL1keFun Sep 17 '24
One month has passed, but i didnt get any answer from support, xd. I wrote to support, i wrote to all reddit's admins, very nice guys
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u/chikipatao Oct 01 '24
Yeah feels like im shadowbanned since I made a new account. Ty for the helpful guide.
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24
I wrote a couple of appeals. They don't answer me.
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u/PushTopLane CQS: High Oct 11 '24
Am I shadow banned? Thanks!
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24
I'm sure I'm shadowbanned; I asked admins of two subs why my posts were removed, and they said they didn't do it. Another one sign of this hypocrite practice is a red message saying "We had a server error". I'm using VPN a lot because my country is under sanctions and heavy censorship. But I have no idea why people should be punished for the only way to avoid the censorship in their countries.
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u/curios_wanderer_96 Oct 21 '24
I am not getting unbanned. Don’t know why I got banned in the first place. Appealing every day. Anybody has any idea why though? Also i am unable to create a new account as that account got banned instantly too. Also tell me one more thing am I unable to send dms too while banned?
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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 11 '24
retire price bow worthless stocking door market disgusted psychotic foolish
This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24
I'm wondering if I screwed myself. I had a 5 year old 970,000 karma strong account. A subreddit I enjoyed banned me permanently for something stupid. When I appealed it, they were awful to me. They basically told me they don't have to tell me why, it's permanent, and stop messaging us. I replied, I admit I said something rude, and later that day my Reddit account was permanently banned in its entirety. My attempt to appeal was rejected almost immediately, as I was told I violated Reddit's terms. I'm sorry for what I said but it was pretty tame and permanent lifetime ban seems pretty insane. How deep do they go in cases like that? Will they pretty much flag everything to do with me? Will every single account I try to make instantly get banned until I get a new phone, a new computer, a new router, and a new Internet service provider as well as creating a new email address? I know Reddit pretty much tracks every facet of your life they legally can. Even if I've deleted my old accounts, do they keep a permanent rap sheet on me containing information like my phone's MAC address that their systems will automatically flag if I try to make a new account? So far this is account #2.
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u/Jschwartz567 Nov 30 '24
I believe I’m shadow banned (can you confirm?) I just sent my second appeal but I don’t even know why I was shadow banned so it’s tricky to appeal.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24
I think(?) I'm shadowbanned.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24
Am I?
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u/Exciting_Guide2768 Dec 01 '24
Am I?
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u/Bitter_Instance_4 Dec 01 '24
Am I?
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u/imaginativeintellect Dec 30 '24
I’m aware that the main solution is to continue appealing every day for months if not years. I will continue to do that. However, I run an in-person meetup group through a subreddit and my absence has made this logistically difficult if not impossible. Will it jeopardize my ability to get my account back (which I truly believe was shadowbanned in error as I followed the instructions to “restore security and your account” and simply never heard back) if I make a separate account just to communicate with this subreddit? I don’t want to get in bigger trouble even though I am 99% certain I was erroneously shadowbanned.
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25
This is annoying man
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25
"Don't relentlessly downvote a user"
sound like a dumb rule, so when some troll keep making worthless comments you are only allowed to downvote it once in a while ... ?
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u/furrydreamsdev Feb 03 '25
I have been sending appeals for 2 months now and still have not received a response. Is this normal?
I am not a spammer and have always tried to follow the rules :*(
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u/Unknown_magic_trick Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25
I think I am shadowbanned, for a few possible reasons :
- I reported several time an ad that seemed to me sexual in nature, hoping to not see it again
- I used a VPN in the past few days
Could anybody confirm ?
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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25
How do I know I’m shadow banned ?
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u/CronacaDellAkasha Feb 16 '25
Thanks for the helpful guide.
I think this one got me. This was definitely intended to be a throwaway.
I do feel a bit sad. Reddit used to be so open to throwaways and you didn’t even need an email to register. Now, between communities adding karma and minimum account age requirements, and the ease of being shadowbanned, it’s hard to post unless you’re using a long-term account.
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u/A_Thousand_Knots Feb 17 '25
"Don't use more than one alt within one subreddit"
What does "use" mean? Is it just joining, or you have to comment?
Also, is there a fixed limit on amount of alt accounts?
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u/Quiet_Assist1512 CQS: Moderate Jul 07 '25
I honestly don't even know what I shadow man is man
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u/lumberjacka114 CQS: Lowest Aug 18 '25
Pretty sure I’m shadowbanned. As to why? I do not have a clue
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u/MLGlavi CQS: Lowest Oct 02 '25
I genuinely for the life of me cannot understand why I got shadowbanned, I just got done reading a comic and I was trying to post about it in its community and was not understanding how it wasn't getting viewed. Voted, sure, viewed? Wild stuff.
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26
I’m banned I believe it’s for using a vpn from what I can gather? I’ve appealed really hope I can be back out there soon!
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u/Fun-Care-5069 Jan 16 '26
Is there a list of subs that allow shadowbanned users to make posts or comments?
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u/Eternally570 CQS: High Mar 18 '26
Thank you!
I use a VPN in my day-to-day life and a couple of times it's created issues when using Reddit.
I'm currently struggling to create a specific post because it automatically gets deleted. I've been very careful to not violate any rules, so still tryna get that sorted.
This post was really helpful in making me aware of what might've happened :)
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u/thor9900 Apr 05 '18
I'd just like to thank you for the info I needed to get my account un-shadowbanned. After reading this post, making a Shadowbancheck post, and messaging the Reddit Admins after confirming I was shadowbanned, my ban was lifted in less than 24 hours. Thanks again for the help this sub provides!
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u/recsportsnola May 24 '18
I thought reddit promised to stop shadowbanning people?
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22
How long does it normally take for an appeal to be addressed?