Glad to hear about your positive outcome! Could you please describe in more detail how did you contact them and what did you say? Is there a restriction on the length of the message?
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There is definitely a restriction on the length of the message that you can sent. You first need to find the link specifically for appealing a ban. Messaging the Admins in general will get you no where. I simply said that I had an account that was 10 years old. (they could see the huge karma total that I had proving my account wasn't a throw away) I have been suspended for 2 years. I broke the rules. I will abide by the rules going forward and please reinstate me.
thanks for sharing! isnt there only one chance to appeal?
No. I don't think so. When I was initially banned I appealed and was rejected. Then I tried it again 6 months after the ban. Denied again. Then I forgot about it but all the talk of X and Meta changing the way that they handled things got me to thinking why not try it again. I have no idea if Reddit is changing their policy regarding permeant bans or if I just got lucky. I also think it helped in that I didn't jump through all the hoops to create another account, which is of course against the rules....and the first thing that they look at when you are appealing.
Interesting, because when i go to the link for appealing the ban, it says that i have already appealed and wont let me do it again. Maybe I will have to give it some time, or they have closed the possibility for more appeals?
I actually had to google reddit appeal to finally find the correct link. I was not able to get the link via my banned account. Do a search for reddit permeant ban and you should eventually find the link. Then just type in your reddit user name into the form
Will do thanks, but probably will wait several months before trying as my account was banned recently and the first appeal failed.
https://www.reddit.com/appeals
It's this the link you used?
Yes that is definitely the link. And yes I would wait several months and then start out by saying, "My account was banned X many months ago...."
Thanks for confirming!
Could be related to them going public - people are scrutinizing their operations a bit more. Same reason the view count for subreddits suddenly went down by a factor of 10 post-IPO. They always have been, and always will be corrupt.
But really, they've banned me in very insulting ways. I only keep an account around in case I really need to engage with a niche hobby subreddit, and it's barely ever used. This company should understand what the consequences of burning bridges with a user base is.
Agreed. I specifically made the post for those who are permanently banned and miss some of their hobby groups. I'm not so special that they reinstated me without having changed their policy, so others should try it.
There's actually ~40K Monthly active users.
thanks for that I feel better now. Still wish we could get more participation in hobby type groups
Reddit is better PR for Lemmy than anything we can do. They'll do something stupid again any day here and Lemmy will receive a big influx of users.
If we really wanted to go evangelize, I think it would still be best to wait until Reddit does something that is going to frustrate users.
it is depend on your luck actually. my account have been suspended without a reason and I send an email to support team last week and I have zero response.
Totally agree. It's just an arbitrary exercise as to whether or not an Admin who gives a crap actually considers your appeal
What you care about on Reddit via your post seems exhausting. Come to lemmy and be free.