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SomeOddCodeGuy

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Reddit woes; but a light at the end of the tunnel

After 3 months, /u/reddit finally messaged me to tell me the account was permanently banned. However, the section that should contain the reason for the ban is empty. It just says

Your account has been permanently banned for breaking the rules.



This account has been permanently closed. To continue using reddit, 
please log out and create a new account (the username /u/someoddcodeguy 
cannot be reused).
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I'm guessing they usually give a reason there, but since the ban occurred as a likely unintended side effect of me getting auto-security-locked for using a VPN, it may have resulted as the reason being null or empty in their db.

The latter part of that email I didn't expect, since the general consensus is that making new accounts is considered ban evasion. Seeing them encourage me to return to reddit despite that feels kind of odd, but I won't complain.

Guess I'll be a fresh-faced newbie on LocalLlama again sometime this week, assuming I don't get auto-shadowbanned because the system doesn't agree with the "make a new account" instruction =D

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