Permanently banned from r/Autos without explanation.
0 06 Mar 2023 22:47 by u/karmagheden *
Like the title says I received a message saying that I am permanently banned from autos and no reason was given. The last post I made there was https://np.reddit.com/r/Autos/comments/11k25zs/ford_gt90_booty_shot I received the ban message 3 hours after I posted the pic. Seeing as how it is sitting at 1, I wonder if it even showed up or was autoremoved i.e. removed immediately by automod.
I replied to the ban message with:
>What did I do to deserve a permanent ban? Is there a rule against posting pictures of cars? WTF
And hour later a mod responds:
>https://www.reddit.com/r/Autos/wiki/rules#wiki_self-promotion.2Fspam
I replied:
>How is a single post considered spam? I shared it from another sub to this one. I don't claim to own the car or have taken the picture so I don't know how that would be considered self promotion either. So you're permabanning folks who try to share content they come across that they think is relevant to this sub?
And:
>And I have posted here before over the last 2+ years, at least 17 posts show up when I search. So I am curious why now I can't make these posts but could before? It wasn't spam or self promotion then, why is it considered that now? Can you see then why the ban seems unfair and out of left field?
The mod wrote back:
>Sorry, pretty much all you do is link farm. We're not interested. Thank You.
Then put me on mute.
4 comments
1 u/I_Said_I_Say 07 Mar 2023 06:20
0 u/karmagheden [OP] 07 Mar 2023 07:41
1 u/hankyman999 07 Mar 2023 06:38
0 u/karmagheden [OP] 07 Mar 2023 07:00