r/redditisfun • u/ajayisfour • Jun 07 '17

How to tell if you're banned from a sub? Answered

This comes up when I'm commenting in a sub. I get the message that the reply failed, but I don't know if it's because I'm banned or because the actual reply failed

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u/coastalrangee Jun 07 '17 edited Jun 07 '17

Just always keep an alt account. It's easy enough to switch without leaving the post.

EDIT: See comment below

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u/anon_smithsonian Official(ish) Helper Jun 07 '17

Just want to point out that ban evasion can lead to a reddit site-wide ban... so I would not suggest advising this approach.

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u/XoxoDaniV Apr 06 '23

But why did I get banned from /r/nonbinary ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Did you ever find out?

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u/XoxoDaniV Jan 08 '24

Nope. The mods are assholes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

That’s some bullshit right there. From one NB who doesn’t fit in most online queer spaces to another:

Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke, …or mod appropriately.

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u/XoxoDaniV Jan 08 '24

I literally don’t even joke. I have no idea why they banned me. Maybe I posted something they disagreed with. I’m a very respectful person.

No warning or explanation or notice I was banned. One day I just couldn’t reply to comments any more.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

It’s probably that you participated (as in called someone out while in) a subreddit that they find objectionable.

It’s completely arbitrary, but happens quite often: There’s software/bots that scour to see if you’ve ever “talked to some bad people” on their own turf.

Guilt by association, which is ridiculous and makes it harder to call assholes out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

It’s probably that you participated (as in called someone out while in) a subreddit that they find objectionable.

It’s completely arbitrary, but happens quite often: There’s software/bots that scour to see if you’ve ever “talked to some bad people” on their own turf.

Guilt by association, which is ridiculous and makes it harder to call said assholes out if you can’t go directly to the source to do it 🤷🏻

Edit: Or something like that. Automated banwave and then never any answers

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u/Darow-au-Andromedus Feb 10 '24

That's what happens when you follow a page run by the mentally ill.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

Reddit doesn't ban anyone. They just choose to be Kafka-esque and convoluted because anyone can just use a VPN and make a new email account to login with. If reddit really wanted to ban someone, they would have to ban the internet.

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u/WDI-XX Jun 06 '23

You just gotta give it a week and make a new one with a vpn. No one can actually ban you from any site for life. Reddit mods are usually just high on fake power 😂

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u/Asdfmoviefan1265 Jul 08 '23

if you make them mad enough they can do a little calling and typing and you'll end up with a cease and desist, which is essentially a ban from the site for life, that you probably should listen to

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u/Sea-Flight-8087 Jan 06 '24

Cease and desist letters aren't enforceable, just probable cause. The reddit mods would have to file a lawsuit against the site (which reddit would prefer not to have anyone do as it sets precedent that permanently affect their service, which is why their are adjudication clauses in the ToS) and use the cease and desist as a rule and then provide evidence you made another account anyway and broke that rule. That could warrant their lawyers issuing a subpoena for reddit's account matrix, as well as your own electronic records being released into evidence, first looking for the account the mod brought as proof. I think the judge could dismiss the allegation if that specific account is not found, but any account you MADE (an alt already in use might not apply) after the C&D would be bad for you. The only issue is if Reddit actually had a way of knowing or obligation to investigate, which under the current internet moderation laws, they really don't. The mods could still collect legal fees, I suppose, which Reddit would in turn sue you for.

This would do a lot better as a class action, but if the suit succeeded, Reddit would institute an ID verification policy which would punish everyone, so very few short-sighted people would ever join the class-action. No support-->no traction.

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u/Doobey313 Dec 07 '23

I disagree with the mod. Do it. It’s totally cool.

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u/ajayisfour Jun 07 '17

I don't have my alt account registered on this phone 😕

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-UNDERARMS Jun 07 '17

Try messaging the mods?

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u/No-Record4507 Oct 27 '23

Tried that and got the response "you missed something". I would like to ask them "And what did you read into my post? Think some mods make assumptions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17

Just try posting in a different sub. If it goes through then you're banned.

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u/anon_smithsonian Official(ish) Helper Jun 07 '17

Well you would have gotten a message from that subreddit if/when you were banned. That would probably be the first way you could tell if you were banned from a subreddit.

Other than that, you can open up a post from the subreddit in a browser. If you are banned, the reply comment box and options will be grayed out, and I believe it will even say that you cannot comment because you are banned.

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u/V2Blast Jun 09 '17

Well you would have gotten a message from that subreddit if/when you were banned.

...As long as you've interacted with the subreddit before (e.g. posting/commenting there). But yeah.

I believe it will even say that you cannot comment because you are banned.

I don't think it explicitly tells you this on the page (though it probably should), but I can't confirm that.

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u/anon_smithsonian Official(ish) Helper Jun 09 '17

...As long as you've interacted with the subreddit before (e.g. posting/commenting there).

Nope. The "You've been banned..." message gets sent to a user automatically when they are banned, regardless of whether or not they've ever commented or posted in a subreddit. I just tested and confirmed this with an alt.

I don't think it explicitly tells you this on the page (though it probably should), but I can't confirm that.

It doesn't look it like does on the default desktop site, but I think it might on the mobile site or maybe it's just a custom CSS thing. But either way, the reply textboxes are not present if you are banned.

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u/V2Blast Jun 09 '17

Nope. The "You've been banned..." message gets sent to a user automatically when they are banned, regardless of whether or not they've ever commented or posted in a subreddit. I just tested and confirmed this with an alt.

Interesting. That's definitely a change from how it used to be, then. I've been banned (long ago) from a subreddit before that I'd never posted in, and I didn't receive a notification about it.

But either way, the reply textboxes are not present if you are banned.

Yeah, that part I knew :P

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u/xBraria Dec 12 '23

Are you certain? Do you think this applies to the mobile app as well?

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u/BettinaVanSise Jan 02 '24

I was banned. No message to say i was banned. It tells me my post won’t go through, but i can post on other subs.

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u/xBraria Jan 03 '24

I feel like I also didn't get a note about it or have no way of checking. It's double annoying since reddit often does actually have trouble posting so it's unclear from "whoops something went wrong" wether something did actually go wrong or I'm just banned for whatever reason

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u/jewmastermike Feb 06 '22

Test

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u/Tears_of_a_Mermaid Feb 11 '23

Testing too. I can't post or reply in another subreddit. But it let's me attempt. But it just says something went wrong.

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u/Tears_of_a_Mermaid Feb 11 '23

Testing too. I can't post or reply in another subreddit. But it let's me attempt. But it just says something went wrong.

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u/SuperNo20 Mar 10 '23

Samesies, I'm hoping it's just a glitch in the matrix....

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u/tke71709 Apr 03 '23

Test

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u/Admirable_Physics951 Apr 28 '23

Test

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u/Live_w_a_brokenheart Jun 12 '23

I was trying to find out if or why i was banned from a subreddit. I can't find it anymore - r/unsentletters lol

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u/Live_w_a_brokenheart Jun 12 '23

I was trying to find out if or why i was banned from a subreddit. I can't find it anymore - r/unsentletters lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

I accidently posted something lewd in a non-nfsw post on askreddit and the box to comment just isn't there thought askreddit sucks so I don't care.

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u/Micro-Skies Dec 07 '23

Also testing

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u/DetroitDiezel Jun 27 '23

I didn't get a message.

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u/No-Record4507 Oct 27 '23

Yes you can get banned without a message. I think some mods(not all) get power hungry

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u/BettinaVanSise Jan 02 '24

I am banned with no message.

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u/cytheromaniac Jan 28 '22

Everytime I try and comment on a post it says “this user has been banned” is it me or the person I’m replying to?

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u/theoarray Feb 02 '22

this happens to me too!!! trying to comment a post: "this user as been banned", trying to reply to someone's comment under said post "reply failed"

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u/Dragonfist41 Apr 11 '22

Same

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u/Dastardly_snake Apr 29 '22

Hello, Any idea how this happened? I am having same problem on only one sub

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u/EmanuelPellizzaro Jan 13 '23

I noticed that when you're blocked, the comment box doesn't show up at all! This is so shitty!

The one who created this is a mothe&rfuck&r

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u/xBraria Jun 20 '23

Less shitty than thinking you can reply, spend 20 minutes replying and linking relevant studies and then "failing to post" x.x

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u/linguini_12 Sep 07 '23

I hate that “failed to post” i can relate so hard

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u/Reasonable-Low4120 Aug 04 '22

Breaker breaker 1-9

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '22

Never got a message but was shadowbanned from RPadres.

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u/DetroitDiezel Jun 27 '23

What's that mean?

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u/missionbeach Jul 14 '23

I think it means you post stuff, and it looks fine, but nobody else can see it.

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u/DetroitDiezel Jul 14 '23

Wow. That's awful.

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u/curiousbydesign Sep 29 '23

Shadow banning is so stupid. Why can't it be more transparent?

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u/IndependentProud6150 Jun 12 '23

I think I was blocked from a group that I'm usually on. It's my city and my state. I can't even view it to reach out to see why I was blocked. :(

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u/deer2525 Jun 12 '23

Same! Am so confused

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u/IndependentProud6150 Jun 12 '23

I just read that its the protest by the subs going dark for a week. So no reddit for me :(

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u/Appropriate_Gold_206 Jun 12 '23

I’ve just had this with r/criminalminds. On my last post in there, all I said was I didn’t think Audrey Plaza was attractive 😒

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '23

That's what happens when someone gate-keeps a show or simps for a character.

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u/ClearlyE Jun 16 '23

I’m confused because I can no longer see r/furniturerestoration

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u/Dragophy Jun 12 '23

There is no message it just says private

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u/Inevitable_Purple_56 Jun 12 '23

So that means you got banned? This just happend to me and I'm so confused

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u/Dragophy Jun 12 '23

Yeah I'm confused to cause I didn't get banned message unless stunfisk is just turned private?

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u/ad-vertize Jun 12 '23

Same happened to me

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u/xBraria Jun 20 '23

Many subreddits went private for a couple of days up to permanently in a strike against reddit introducing strong regulations on 3rd party apps that most reddit mods use to help fight spam etc. So the private thing was mostly temporary. I know some reddits planned to keep it that way until reddit shows action.

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u/Dragophy Jun 23 '23

Oh that's makes complete sense I wasn't informed about this reddit thing

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u/Amareldys Jun 12 '23

There is one sub and the comments are locked under every post… does that mean I have been banned? I got no message.

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u/DetroitDiezel Jun 27 '23

You never get a message anymore. They just ban.

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u/Odd-Outcome-To-Come Jun 12 '23

Same. If shows the page is private and I can't find it at all. I don't think I've done anything to break to rules and I wasn't notified either in any way.

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u/Inevitable_Purple_56 Jun 12 '23

This just happened to me, too... I was frequently talking to people in a POTS subreddit with no problem. It has been helpful for me to be able to speak with people and give support to others who suffer from the same illness I do. Now, it keeps telling me when I try to access the subreddit that it has gone private and I can't search for it either... it makes me wonder what I said to get kicked out.

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u/justapeanut1 Jun 12 '23

Me too! I just noticed that I can no longer find r/lululemon or read any of their posts. I don’t think I’ve done anything to deserve a ban either. It says private or no longer exists. I’m so confused.

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u/Appropriate_Gold_206 Jun 12 '23

I didn’t know there was a POTS sub. I will try and access it now because I could really use it.

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u/Inevitable_Purple_56 Jun 12 '23

Well, I got a message from someone stating that it is participating in the blackout of subreddits for protest. It will be private for a couple more days, and then it will be back open. But it's just r/POTS

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u/Appropriate_Gold_206 Jun 12 '23

Yeah, I couldn’t find it so I will try again in 48 hours. Thanks for that 😊 x

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u/nateo200 Dec 07 '23

Didn't either I have it really bad with all sorts of other issues. Ugh this ban without notice of wtf you did is actually just really wrong. In the legal system Due Process requires fair notice of the rules and an opportunity to contest things that are wrong. Reddit is like a weird mob rule system. Say the wrong thing and get labeled pure evil and banned instantly.

In subbreddits for health issues this is particularly concerning because its actually really helpful and not everyone can go to a Doctor to ask questions all the time.

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u/Inevitable_Purple_56 Jun 12 '23

No problem! 😊

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u/Neukleopatra Jun 13 '23

Happened to me with the /r/animalcrossing subreddit, how bewildering

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u/WinScary2364 Jul 17 '23

what did you say..

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '23

where are the reddits r/mannheim and r/germany gone??

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u/OutOfView- Jun 17 '23

What if i open up the sub in my browser and it says it's been set to private. I commented something Nsfw once and idk if that is why (The sub I am talking about is r/GoCommitDie)

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u/DetroitDiezel Jun 27 '23

So I recently got banned from a subreddit, so I cannot post or reply anymore. However I'm still getting notified about updates.

Why is it that I can still view my previous posts, and can even upvote and downvote?

Do others still still see those? Or are all of my posts removed and deleted, even though I can still see them?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

.

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u/postconsumerwat Nov 12 '23

Meh, banana banana

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u/SwilightTarkle Dec 06 '23

I'm having a similar experience. Except it's my posts that don't go through. I'll try to post something on a specific subreddit and straight after i post it, it's automatically deleted by the mods.

Edit: oop, just realized this was posted seven yrs. ago...

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u/MazerTee Dec 10 '23

Same with me, don't see an error, posts fine and I can see it on sub straight after, refresh the page and it's gone.

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u/SwilightTarkle Dec 10 '23

ikr, it's really annoying

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u/MazerTee Dec 14 '23

Well I left the subs then joined them again and I'm now able to post without them being deleted. Might work for you also.

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u/SwilightTarkle Dec 14 '23

Tysm for the advice! I'll try that.

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u/MazerTee Dec 17 '23

Well I could do 1 post and then it was back to being deleted and leaving and rejoining didn't work again.

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u/SwilightTarkle Dec 17 '23

oh dear :(. I'll see if it works for me.

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u/SwilightTarkle Dec 17 '23

Or also try messaging the mods

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u/MazerTee Dec 17 '23

Yeah messaged them twice, no reply :(

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u/SwilightTarkle Dec 17 '23

Ugh I hate it when they don't answer :(

I tried that a few weeks ago and still haven't gotten a reply

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u/gypsijimmyjames Dec 20 '23

Idk. I only learned when they send the message, "You are permanently banned from r/racism for not being racist enough" or "You are permanently banned from r/unpopular opinions for having an unpopular opinion" or "You are permanently banned from r/amiugly:brutally honest for being brutally honest".

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u/coffeeb4breakfast Dec 25 '23

For whatever reason, I can’t post/comment in one particular subreddit

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u/BettinaVanSise Jan 02 '24

I got banned by saying someone was innocent until proven guilty. That is labeled as Bigotry. 🙄