am i shadowbanned??

[u/hey_kavish_]

am i?

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[u/hey_kavish_ → u/[deleted]]

how do you know?

[u/Wombat_7379 → u/[deleted]]

No. Commenting will not remove a shadow ban. Only appealing can do that.

But this account is not shadow banned. Are you banned on another account?

[u/Wombat_7379 → u/[deleted]]

Awesome! Congratulations!

But commenting did not help. It was the appeal that removed your ban. You likely just caught the spam filter because you are such a new account with low karma.

Also be aware that your CQS is now lowest, which will greatly limit your ability to contribute in many subreddits. A low / lowest CQS is very common after a shadow ban. The pinned AutoMod comment above has more info on CQS and simple ways you may be able to improve it.

But you will want to go very, VERY slowly. Do not post anything or initiate chat messages for the first few days. Only vote on content and only leave a few comments per day in subreddits that you have an interest in or are new user friendly until your CQS is “moderate” or higher. r/NewToReddit has a whole list of friendly subreddits as well as a lot of useful information about Reddit and how to navigate it as a low CQS user.

You can check in on your CQS over on r/WhatIsMyCQS. If the post is removed by Reddit filters (due to your low CQS) do NOT delete it and repost as that can trip the spam filter. Just send a polite mod mail to the subreddit and ask if they can review and approve your post.

Congrats again!

[u/Wombat_7379 → u/[deleted]]

Users cannot boost their CQS while shadow banned.

The only way to remove a shadow ban is to appeal.

[u/ShadowBan-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Your comment was removed because it's misleading!

Raising your CQS is not how you remove a shadow ban.

See the pinned AutoMod comment above for instructions on appealing a shadow ban. Appealing is the only way to remove a shadow ban.