No warning, not even a “Don’t do it again email” - I had a work account, that was logged in on my works laptop, I made a comment critical of Netanyahu, and the Gaza genocide, which got that account banned from /pics. This was months ago, then I made a comment on pics, on my main account. That’s it, gone, banned.

I even have another spare account, from 2008, logged in to that, that’s banned too. FFS!

No luck on appeals, so I guess no more reddit, ever again. Anyone managed to get around this?

  • tackleberry@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    63·
    3 days ago

    You are not deleting your account, only to return with a new account. Reddit has become a cesspool and it would be a wise decision to leave with all your data.

    You may corrupt your data before leaving so it overwrites the backup. Someone used an auto app that replaced all their posts with random gibberish. It took about a week, this is something you might explore if it addresses your concerns.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      I did the same. It was all restored within a couple of weeks. I’ve since done it again twice and just checked - it’s all back.

      • tackleberry@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        22·
        3 days ago

        edit your data. replace your posts with random single words. that would overwrite the backed up data.

        Another route is to sue them, I’ll be welcome to a coalition of former reddit users who have been exploited like this to pull resources together and make reddit surrender the backup of banned user data.

        • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          4·
          3 days ago

          I did edit the posts. First edited then deleted immediately, the last two tries edited in batches, then deleted weeks later. No dice. I’m sure Reddit has far more than one backup and it’s clearly easy enough to automatically detect and revert mass edits, even done gradually over time.

          Another route is to sue them.

          That’s going to be pretty difficult and unlikely to succeed. They’re worse than the music industry. Here’s the applicable blurb from their TOS:

          You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant Reddit the following license to use that Content:

          When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Reddit. For example, this license includes the right to use Your Content to train AI and machine learning models, as further described in our Public Content Policy. You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.

          • tackleberry@thelemmy.clubEnglish
            12·
            3 days ago

            This will not stop you from deleting your content from Reddit which was obtained for free from you, after they turn around to ban you/deny you access to their services.

            • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Did you not read what people said about their comments being restored after they bulk deleted or edited them? And how would you delete content after being banned anyway?

              • tackleberry@thelemmy.clubEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                you can still delete your conent after being banned from the site. It was a ban, not seizure of your metadata. If you deleted something and Reddit chose to hold onto it, they are asking for a lawsuit.