https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/oe09aa/so_many_genuine_users_shadowbanned/
created by [deleted] on 05/07/2021 at 05:06 UTC*
18 upvotes, 6 top-level comments (showing 6)
Anyone else seeing this? We've seen a massive uptick in the last few days with multiple users per day telling us they can't post and it turns out they've been shadowbanned
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Another user managed to appeal his shadowban, but was initially banned: /u/SignificantGiraffe5
Appealed but still initially shadowbanned: /u/Mrhelpfulhatter
/u/MateImBritish shadowbanned
These are all in the last few days
Comment by alleybetwixt at 05/07/2021 at 10:56 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We've been dealing with this in r/kpophelp for over a year. Massive uptick in shadowbans that doesn't seem to make any sense. When I asked last year, an admin just suggested sending folks to the https://www.reddit.com/appeals[1] link. I've seen some accounts reinstated through that, but I think a lot of people just end up trying to make new accounts.
1: https://www.reddit.com/appeals
Comment by Chtorrr at 05/07/2021 at 16:13 UTC
10 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Hey everyone - this may be related to some of the massive spam waves we have seen recently. I am flagging to safety and if you see anyone who's account looks to have been incorrectly caught please send them to https://www.reddit.com/appeal[1] to let us know.
1: https://www.reddit.com/appeal
Comment by 001Guy001 at 05/07/2021 at 06:20 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yes I noticed that as well, though the users don't notice it themselves, I inform them after seeing their removed post/comment.
That along with the fact that some legitimate content gets swallowed by the spam filter and isn't automatically rescued by AutoMod (it's been working inconsistently for the past 2 weeks) makes the situation frustrating
Comment by Mrs3anw at 05/07/2021 at 06:57 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The account I use to mod a NSFW sub was shadowbanned, I couldn’t figure out why my mod actions weren’t going through until one of the other mods told me about the ban...I didn’t even think to check mod mail to see if I was banned.
Comment by Janbiya at 05/07/2021 at 10:31 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If a genuine, non-rule violating user discovers that they're shadowbanned and wants to appeal it, what's the correct way to do so? Asking so that I can give them proper advice.
Comment by antihexe at 05/07/2021 at 05:51 UTC*
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I actually just came here to ask this.
I've had more users than usual come through shadow banned recently. In fact every time I come across a shadowbanned account it's a legitimate user not a spammer. (One user communicated to me that they had *just* made the account.) Conversely most spam that gets filtered ends up not being shadowbanned despite a flagrant and recent history of spam.
I thought reddit stopped shadowbanning users because it was unethical? Certainly since they implemented the 'new' ban systems I still saw shadowbanned users but I assumed they were grandfathered bans, not new ones.