On a discussion about a revolution in Canada I merely suggested that there are no resources to protect the rich in the event of a revolution breaking out.

I even went on to explain I can’t even kill ants though so count me out.

Perma banned for inciting violence, appeal gives you 100 characters to explain so I won’t bother. How do you appeal a site wide ban in one sentence?

12 years of contributing to IT communities and it’s all gone, that’s what I’m upset about.

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    What I’m going to say is just a hypothesis from my part. It might be bollocks. But.

    For a long time I’ve suspected that Reddit runs some sort of algorithm to predict the profitability of each user, based on factors like

    • platform used (desktop vs. mobile)
    • running / not running an ad blocker
    • if not running an ad blocker, clicking on ads or not
    • likelihood of that user to buy Reddit junk (e.g. the “coins” of the past)
    • likelihood of that user to attract newer users
    • etc.

    and then the output of that algorithm is taken into account when handling rule violation. As in: you can go rogue and they’ll give you a short ban if you’re deemed profitable, or a small offence will give you a permaban if unprofitable.

    With that said I don’t think that they manually review your earlier posts/comments before enforcing the rules.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah I exclusively used reddit through firefox on android with script blocker and adblocker. Never spent a dime on reddit. This explains a lot if true