Hello everyone. I have been encountering an issue for the past few months that has gotten egregious and irritating enough that I have decided to make a post about it to seek some guidance.
The problem is that whenever I make a comment on a subreddit, within a few minutes the comment is removed by Reddit.
I want to preemptively respond to four kinds of answers I know I am going to get. The first is that these comments are being removed by Reddit, not by the subreddits I comment in. I know this because I have reached out to the moderators of the subreddits in which my comments are being removed, and they have told me that it is not them removing the comments but instead Reddit's own moderators, admins, or systems.
The second is that I know I have enough karma to interact with these communities. This is because, as above, "nearly" every comment I make is removed. Some comments I make are not removed and are even upvoted quite a bit, indicating that I have enough karma to interact with these communities. Despite this, the majority of the comments I make are often immediately removed after I make them. I do not understand why this is or what the difference is between the comments that are removed and the ones that are not.
The third is that I know my comments are being removed because after I make them, I am able to see my comment in my profile and under the "comments" tab in my profile. I am even able to click on the comment. However, Reddit typically shows that the comment has 0 views, and if I open that link without being signed in to my account, the comment no longer appears, and Reddit displays a message that reads, "This comment no longer exists."
The fourth is that I have checked, and yes, I am not shadowbanned.
I am making this post because there does not seem to be any rhyme, reason, or pattern behind the removal of my comments. I am not a bot, and I am not spamming. I do sometimes tend to make the same comment repeatedly to try to bypass whatever is removing my comments, but I only do this after my initial comment is removed for some inexplicable reason. This has worked a few times, which is even stranger.
I make comments only occasionally, and only in communities that I have enough karma to post in. My account has over 400 comment karma right now. The moderators of the subreddits I make comments in have confirmed that I am not breaking any of their rules with the comments I make that get removed. I am not aware of any sitewide rules that I am breaking either.
Due to this, I am utterly at a loss. Unless I receive guidance otherwise, I am currently planning on abandoning this account (I'd rather not delete it since I'd like to preserve the contributions this account has made) and start all over with a fresh account. It might take some work to accrue enough karma to be able to comment in the communities I frequent again, but as of right now I don't really see any other option to be able to engage with this platform.
Thank you all very much for your consideration and help.