Automated Reddit ban evasion triggers from cross-account activity
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The reporter experienced a 'ban evasion' strike across all their linked accounts after interacting with a subreddit they were unknowingly banned from, an interaction prompted by Reddit's own algorithm.
What people do today
- Creating new accounts
- Avoiding controversial subreddits
- Submitting short appeals via the limited character textbox
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A browser extension or tool that allows users to globally block specific subreddits across all logged-in accounts to prevent accidental interaction.
- A dashboard for users to view all active subreddit bans across their linked accounts in one place to avoid accidental evasion.
- A policy change for Reddit to implement a 'warning' state for ban evasion rather than an immediate, site-wide strike for algorithmic interactions.
Real voices
“All of my accounts therefore received the ban evasion serious infraction strike from something that was essentially not yet visible to me.”
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