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How to determine a fake ban (self.AdviceAnimals)

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Hey /r/AdviceAnimals subscribers!

Recently, there have been a large number of fake bans being sent out, so we're taking this chance to help show you how to determine if you have been banned or if someone is attempting to troll you!

  • This is a fake ban message. Note the lack of formatting and that it is sent from a personal account. The formatting could have been correct and still be faked, but any ban message will always be sent from the subreddit you are banned from

  • This is a legitimate ban message. Note that it is sent as a "subreddit message" from /r/AdviceAnimals, not any specific member of the moderation team.

One other simple way to see if you're banned?

Try to make a comment! If you can't, that is another indicator that you've ACTUALLY been banned.

Hopefully this will help you determine if you are actually banned from this subreddit or any others.

Feel free to message the moderation team if you have ANY questions!

Deepest apologies for any confusion,

The /r/AdviceAnimals moderation team

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[–]Skullbone211 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

You must be at a sad point in life when you spend your free time sending out fake bans on /r/AdviceAnimals

[–]j0be[S] 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ain't that the truth.

[–]thelazt1[M] 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think they were trying to stir some drama.

[–]blitzbandit 4ポイント5ポイント  (8子コメント)

So were people using these fake bans to try and link you to sites that will give you malware, viruses, etc.? Because if so those guys are assholes but it's also not very surprising to find out there are assholes doing this.

[–]j0be[S,M] 3ポイント4ポイント  (7子コメント)

They weren't linking to any sites as far as I know, but maybe /u/preggit can clarify if all the links in the fake ban message pointed back to reddit?

This actually appears more of an attempt to rouse drama for the pure troll of it.

[–]XiKiilzziX 1ポイント2ポイント  (8子コメント)

How do people fall for this lol

[–]j0be[S,M] 3ポイント4ポイント  (4子コメント)

There's a lot of users who play by the rules and haven't been banned from any subreddit. This means that they aren't aware of the nuances of ban messages, and don't know how to even check if a message is legitimate. Hopefully this helps mitigate that a bit.

[–]poppinroofie 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

I was one of these people. But then I checked /r/AdviceAnimals again and I was able to reply to everything, and still view posts. So I figured something was very wrong with the ban especially since I didn't say anything bad. But this gave me more clarification, thank you.

[–]KnowsAboutMath 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I also fell for it. I've never been banned from anywhere before, so I had no idea.

ETA: And apparently I still haven't been banned from anywhere.

[–]j0be[S,M] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

You'd still be able to view and vote on posts, even if you're banned. Commenting and posting, however, are disabled for users that have been banned.

[–]poppinroofie 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well yea, I meant to include that I was able to reply and things of that sort as well

[–]rshot 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

I think I got a fake ban. This is a test message to see if I can still post. I was very confused as I didn't do anything against the rules.

Edit: Success!

[–]j0be[S,M] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

You're good.

[–]rshot 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thank you kind sir. I love the mods. Sorry you guys are going through so much hate right now. I honestly couldn't care less about any of this fph ban crap, like I feel like it doesn't really effect most of reddit and people are just using it to get a bunch of karma.

[–]NuclearWeakForce 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is good to hear. I was a recipient of a fake ban message, and I was about to message the mods (because I didn't do anything wrong) and I realized that I could still comment. So I ignored it from then on.