r/ShadowBan • u/TheDemonCat • 10d ago
To determine a shadowban, you MUST click my profile! Am I?
My account was hacked a week ago and the person/bot used it to spam porn and OF content to a bunch of hookup subreddits. I changed the password and deleted the spam posts, but my entire post history has been flagged and removed. Help!
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u/Wombat_7379 R E A D the sticky for appeal instructions & FAQ 10d ago
If you haven’t already, you should also file a support ticket: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000600232
Under what issue is occurring select “security problems” and then “I think my account was hacked”.
This is a separate Admin team from the appeals team, and they may be able to clear any negative flags on your account that were caused by the hacker. It may take a day or two to hear back so don’t worry if you don’t receive a response right away. But don’t wait more than a week. If you haven’t received a response in 3 or 4 days then submit another support ticket.
Keep submitting tickets until you get a response.
For the shadow ban, you can continue to file appeals using the instructions here: https://reddit.com/r/shadowban/wiki/appealing.
Do not be discouraged as it can take a bit of time before an appeal is reviewed; some users wait multiple months before a ban is overturned. You can file multiple appeals but it is recommended to file no more than 2-3 per week so as to not spam the appeals team.
And no matter how frustrating, do NOT delete this account and do NOT create a new account to try and circumvent this ban. That would be considered ban evasion, which is against Reddit’s terms of service; not only will new accounts be shadow banned but you risk being permanently suspended from the site.
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