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Cake day: September 2nd, 2025

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  • I got a fifteen year old account permabanned for reporting someone that kept calling me slurs. Appeal got tossed out. I’ve since moved to an entirely different country and got all new devices, but my attempt at making a new account was still permabanned for ban evasion before I even made a comment or joined any subs. Lasted about two hours.

    It’s very excessive. And now I’m genuinely curious what all they use to determine which accounts belong to former users. It’s quite odd that they were able to figure it out when I’m not in the same part of the world anymore, was on a brand new device, was using a new email address to sign up, and hadn’t even joined any of my former subreddits or said anything. Or is there just an over-sensitive AI that autobans a lot of new accounts just in case now?

    Was planning to use it to just help with settling in where I’m living now, but I guess not lol












  • Considering the reasons people are getting decade+ old accounts permanently IP banned with no chance of appeal, it’s like they’re trying to turn the website into a read-only platform for AI generated content.

    Like, I got my whole household permabanned for reporting someone that was calling me bigoted slurs. Been on the site for fifteen years, but that was enough for them to decide that I, and anyone who lives with me, is too dangerous to keep around.

    People are also getting permanent IP bans for things like quoting TV shows in fandom subs dedicated to said shows, upvoting particular comments, criticizing Israel, and a whole host of other things that make no sense. (Example: My cousin is permabanned for saying “I won’t let a single Saiyan live” in a Dragon Ball Z subreddit, which was “inciting violence.” If you’re unfamiliar with the show, that’s literally just a line from it…)

    If you make a new account afterwards, you’ll be instantly banned. And most subs won’t even let new accounts post, so even if your new one manages to survive for a bit, you can’t do anything with it.

    Near as I can tell, it started around the beginning of the year when Elon got his feelings hurt because there were subs making fun of him and his DOGE crew. Can’t say for sure if that’s what prompted this current mess, but that’s my personal theory at the moment.