I got banned today, again, for such bullshit a reason. Someone made a thread about dreaming of Trump going away and I said I was dreaming of the day he dies. So, Reddit perm banned me for promoting violence. Probably some fucking cunt MAGA twat reported me and Reddit auto bans because of it. I’m so fucking sick of Reddit. I think I’m done with that cunt of a platform, forever.
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I’m a long time redditor and have almost always colored in the lines. I got banned from r/politics for saying tr-mp be put in a dungeon. I was a bit more explicit, but I really don’t think anything I said was over the line.
I decided to take the opportunity to start a new account as my username is a little too easy to google. I made the mistake of commenting on r/politics. That account got deleted and my main one was banned for seven days.
It’s really draconian!
I just got banned I think because I commented on a car in an auto repair subreddit that was full of nazi emblems. It had SS, nazi swastikas, etc all over the visor. So I said "Stick an israeli flag stick on their bumper" as a joke. I think someone either was a pissed off nazi or someone thought I was comparing israel to the nazis, whatever. Either way someone reported me for "harassment" even though it wasn't directed at any user or specific person. I asked what rule I was breaking and of course reddit gets mad if you question der fuhrer(s) and banned me.
There is a big banner across reddit's page when you are banned. It's pink, with a hammer logo. It will have a link to form for appeal, which is manned by a monkey trained to click "denied".
Also congratulations.
If you wish to create a new account, it will become necessary to never log into the old one, even to read replies you might've gotten late. You will need to get a new ip address, you will need to create a new email (Yahoo still lets you create them, apparently)... doing the [email protected] is apparently something they check for. It is also likely true that they use third-party tracking, so you may need Firefox and Facebook-container or similar installed.
Given that you were banned because someone reported you, if you announce that you were OldUsername in a post or comment, then when your hecklers go find it, they can report you for ban evasion and get you banned again. So resist the urge.
Honestly, it's mostly not worth it though. Whatever you did to get you banned in the first place will happen again. And in many places, you aren't allowed to comment without an older account or a higher score. It'd be better to accept that reddit is dead, even if at one point you enjoyed the website.
Lemmy fixes some of what's wrong with reddit. Let's see how long it lasts before problems emerge.
Just saw your ancient comment. If you wait a few months it seems they "forget" about you or your IP and you can create a new account. Reddit really is run by brain damaged monkeys and that is insulting brain damaged monkeys.
"hammer logo", should be a hammer and sickle in honor of stalin, mao and pol pot, their heroes.