So I got permabanned from one subreddit for posting a comment in another subreddit
Well now this is trashy. I got permabanned from r/interstingasfuck for posting a comment in r/MensRights that was an attempt to correct some misinformation. I've never made a post in either subreddit and that was the only comment I've ever made in the MensRights subreddit. But r/interstingasfuck's bot decided to permaban me even though I've not broken any rules.
Also I tried to make a post on r/MensRights (would have been my first post there) on me getting banned for making a comment and the mods there blocked it. You would think they'd love the chance to show they are victims of discrimination and censorship.
Here's a good tip, block all moderation bots on Reddit. That stops them from doing actions they aren't entitled to as moderators like DMing you or checking post history outside of their subreddits.
These are what I would call ban-by-association bots and I recommend blocking all these and any others you come across as it'll decrease the amount of erroneous bans like this you receive on Reddit.
There's no easy way to identify them reliability so look through the moderators list before posting on any given sub and block ones that seem suspicious.
Also yes I'm aware this will help spammers and trolls and I don't care, Reddit needs to die and people need to move on, spam helps loosen network effect by making it unbearable for normies, and even more unbearable for power users (the people who post the content that gets consumed).
This information is way more valuable for users to counter abusive mod practices (like banning by association automatically) than it is harmful via the spam it creates as a byproduct.
Nah, some subs have their automod set up to check what other subs you post/comment on, and possibly ban you depending on what comes up. It's a heuristic for filtering out toxic users. I wasn't aware until OP's post that they also provide an automated way to undo the ban if you delete the offending posts/comments.
Many subreddit consider one participating in certain communities a massive red flag so this kind of situation is typical. Not PTB but questionable of there's no one indication of which subreddit are a problem
Wow, the ban just says it's for posting in MensRights and that no other context was looked at. That's silly, even if MensRights is as toxic as everyone here makes it out to be(Idk, never been there).
From reading the message, the way they have it set up actually seems fairly reasonable, considering the scale of what they have to deal with. It's basically just saying "you can't participate both there and here, so pick one".
If you desperately want to participate in both, you can make an alt account. Most people won't bother with that and will just pick one or the other, which cuts out a significant chunk of toxic users.