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Apologize if this has been asked before.

I don't want to set up a new account, but only get my banned account reactivated.

The account is approximately 10 years old. Was permanently banned 2 years ago. Karma total over 3 million. Mod of 4 popular subreddits. Never once threatened another poster or commentor. Never called for violence.

Never previously banned from a subreddit or site wide.

In a group that I moderated I posted an news article. There were "reports" about the post. As as mod I could see the reports. Remember that reddit bans posts from some "news" sites. So the article I posted was from an unbanned news source.

A few days later my account was banned site wide. I presume some users had found a method to get right to Admins to protest the fact that I dared post an article that they didn't like.

After the ban I made a few "appeals". Of course I got the standard "NO" regarding reinstatement without any specific mention regarding what exactly I did wrong. Reddit has site wide rules. I violated none of them.

Occasionally I will do a search of something and if it is a reddit source it will come up under my banned account on my laptop using Chrome. I never deleted the account and I'm sure the "reddit KILL" cookies are still in Chrome which I use for browsing. I still have the reddit app on my Iphone.

I haven't made an appeal in over a year. I have no interest in setting up a NEW account. I'm just inquiring as to the possibility of getting my banned account reinstated.

If it exists, I haven't found it, but was wondering if there is a method of appealing that is different from the norm where some Admin will actually read your appeal and after 2 years reinstate you.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if you're careful when writing your comment, it makes no difference if the admin reading your comment is not careful or has poor reading comprehension.

This is what happens when you have no rights and another person is given power over you. Even if they think they're not being abusive, any small misunderstanding always ends in you being abused.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am really sad because I love Reddit and think it's a great and easy to use platform. The only issue in my opinion is the lack of free speech which produces the echo chamber effect. Furthermore banning you for live is a bit too harsh I think even when you really broke the rules. The current ban system does not count that people can change factor and provide second chances after an year or two..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rather than "echo chamber" I prefer the phrase "hive mind". If you go to r/conservative or r/politics you should be smart enough to know that you are not going to have any meaningful discussion. The people of those groups are in a hive mind. I'm not saying that they are bad people, just that they want to be surrounded by people that only think as they do. Most social media platforms lean heavily to the right or left. And that's fine. But just admit it and don't jerk me off telling me that you are a free speech neutral platform.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately this is the current situation with many of the subs there. I really hope things will change in the future..