Suspensions are applied for violating the Reddit content policy.
- Suspensions can only be applied to accounts by the admins, employees of Reddit.
- Suspensions can be permanent or temporary, depending on the nature of the violation and the history of the person in question.
Notification:
- Notification of a suspension is provided via private message.
- A visual reminder of the suspension will appear on each page the user visits and any time a forbidden action is attempted.
- Temporary suspensions will only be apparent to the user affected.
- Permanent suspensions will be publicly communicated via the userpage of the affected user.
Forbidden Actions:
While an account is suspended from reddit the user will not be able to:
- Vote
- Create posts
- Comment
- Send private messages to other users
- Send private messages to subreddits other than r/reddit.com
- Report posts
- Create new subreddits
- Give or buy gold
- Edit flair
- Edit wiki pages
- Toggle posts as NSFW
- Create self-serve advertisements
Additionally, suspended moderator accounts will not able to:
- Access moderation tools
- Access moderator mail
- Approve, remove, spam or ignore reports from posts or comments
- Distinguish posts or comments
- Edit flair
- Toggle posts as NSFW
- Set comment thread suggested sort
- Enable/disable contest mode
- Sticky/Unsticky posts
Appeals:
Suspensions can be appealed by messaging the admins or emailing contact@reddit.com.