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Here's what makes this whole thing absurd

The ban in question was a 3-day ban from r/youll_be_banned which is a subreddit where getting banned is literally part of its punchline. You make a post, you get banned if the mods are in a bad mood, and that's just the joke

Why on earth would I try to circumvent such a short ban, from that subreddit of all subreddits?

Still, it doesn't change that I've been accused by the automated system, even for something that I did not do

Right after I got that message about the sitewide ban, I panicked and sent a half-baked appeal explaining that I had zero intent. Of course that appeal got rejected because I didn't explain the context above. You could tell from the wording itself that I was still experiencing the shock of it all

And, well there is a page allowing me to send my second appeal. I'm just scared of it getting rejected again somehow

I think in the meantime, I'm just gonna stop shouting into the void and reach out here to you guys, just to talk it over. It's been 11 days since the ban, and I've been a little depressed about it

Does anyone want to share their experiences?

Edit: Submitted my second appeal which says:

My 3-day ban was from r/youll_be_banned, where bans are part of the joke. I didn’t intentionally evade it. Please review the specific activity behind my permanent suspension; my first appeal lacked context.

Wish me luck, even if my luck is low. If they still don't hear it, oh well I guess

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[–] robomuffin79@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Been perma banned three times for challenging right wing views- been using Lemmy for a year now and haven’t looked back. I do miss the vast archive of data that formed Reddit but now that AI models are stealing all its data, I don’t see a bright future for it other than a gathering of bot accounts spreading nefarious agendas

[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They report spam anything that challenges their views. It's a broken windows type of strategy. Content mods will see a bunch of reports accumulated against you and assume you must be a problematic account.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

A lot of the problem is the mods themselves. Too much centralized power in the hands of unvetted, untrained anti-social volunteers. I still can’t get over the fact that people volunteer for multi billion dollar corporations.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

i avoided politics sub, because i was catching too many of my accounts getting "banned" before i went on lemmy.

[–] mafishfayda@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

Have you actually seen organized campaigns aimed at pushing particular agendas, or are you just calling anyone who disagrees with you a "bot account"? just asking.