Testing Reddit's New Filters Together.

[Hunter spirit]

Lately it feels like almost everyone doing any kind of promotion on Reddit is running into the same problems: comments getting silently removed, posts disappearing, and accounts getting shadow banned. Why don't we work together and use this thread to test different methods? Whenever someone tries something new, just post an update on whether it worked, the comment was removed, or the account got shadow banned. This way we can avoid wasting time repeating methods that no longer work. I'll start today with a new test and update this thread with the results. Recently I noticed that mentioning my brand name in a comment, even without a link, gets the comment removed and eventually leads to a shadow ban.

My next test is different. I have old comments on aged accounts that already mention my brand. Instead of mentioning it again, I'll naturally engage in discussions and share a link to one of those old comments so anyone interested can find the brand there. I think it can work since it's an internal link and not external. The conversion rate will probably be lower, but if it avoids Reddit's filters, it might be worth it.

If you're interested, let's work on this together and share our findings.

 

[Venusaur]

I'm struggling with this shit too, unfortunately most people talking about Reddit here are bots and AI spammers, but I'm sure there are some human beings to share some knowledge

My next test will be trying more white hat niches to check if they are only monitoring black hat ones or if it's general and we are totally cooked

 

[iFreelancer]

My account got hit because I posted wallpaper. Silly!

 

[OnlineA]

Lately it feels like almost everyone doing any kind of promotion on Reddit is running into the same problems: comments getting silently removed, posts disappearing, and accounts getting shadow banned.

There is an advantage of owning a subreddit. Your posts stay up, can be pinned and more.

 

[Lets Gordo]

I was thinking about buying a subreddit, but I assume you need to have a strong aged account for that

 

[CashPhantom]

I think Reddit is evaluating account behavior much more than individual posts now.

 

[Vynith]

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My account got hit because I posted wallpaper. Silly!

I got that quite often after I got temp banned.

Seems they lower your trust for a while but now it's fine for me.

 

[Hunter spirit]

I'm struggling with this shit too, unfortunately most people talking about Reddit here are bots and AI spammers, but I'm sure there are some human beings to share some knowledge

My next test will be trying more white hat niches to check if they are only monitoring black hat ones or if it's general and we are totally cooked

I've tried white niche and seems to be fine. No comment was deleted or anything.

There is an advantage of owning a subreddit. Your posts stay up, can be pinned and more.

That's true, but it's way cheaper to find a solution than paying $$$ for a simple post.

I got that quite often after I got temp banned.

Seems they lower your trust for a while but now it's fine for me.

Yep. I think you can use the r/WhatIsMyCQS to see your score on reddit. But the problem is even with high score the comment is removed immediately.

 

[Hunter spirit]

I just checked an account I was trying to warm up. I was literally only commenting in the photography niche, and it's already shadow banned. LOL

 

[curdoc]

Would be interesting to compare account age, karma, and subreddit too. Maybe there's a pattern

 

[adsgama]

I think Reddit is much stricter now because of spam. Even normal comments can get removed if they look promotional. I try to focus on real discussions first.

 

[Hunter spirit]

Would be interesting to compare account age, karma, and subreddit too. Maybe there's a pattern

I got banned on a 5-year-old account with 6k karma just for saying, "Sail the high seas!" Meanwhile, I've seen plenty of other Redditors post the exact same comment without getting banned. I'm starting to think there's something wrong with my setup. I don't use an anti-detect browser or proxies.

 

[smith.steven]

Reddit has gotten a lot more touchy about anything that looks like coordinated promotion. In my experience, the safest approach is to build genuine account history and contribute value first chasing loopholes usually works short term but rarely survives platform changes.

 

[Hunter spirit]

We keep seeing the same comments over and over. We all know Reddit has become much stricter lately. The purpose of this thread is to test different methods and share the results, so we can figure out what works and avoid getting our accounts banned.

 

[Lannister10]

Glad you started this thread. Honestly, people need to realize there's no single rulebook that works for everyone on Reddit anymore.

Reddit tracks tiny behavioral patterns now ...how fast you browse, if you actually join subreddits before posting, your IP address, device fingerprints, and even how quickly people scroll past your content.

If you're trying to market a brand here like it's Instagram or X, you're going to get roasted by users and instantly flagged by Reddit's automated filters. The only real way to survive is to stop acting like a marketer, talk like a normal human, and focus on providing actual value to the community first.

 

[Yoa Elizabeth]

Reddit filters have become pretty aggressive lately the safest approach is usually adding real value first and avoiding anything that looks like a promotion.

 

[Hunter spirit]

Update: I posted a comment yesterday, engaged naturally in the discussion, and included a link to an old Reddit comment that mentioned my brand. The comment is still up, and the account is still active. My guess is, does Reddit either removes comments quickly if they look too promotional or certain keywords are triggering the filters? At least from this test, it doesn't seem like linking to another Reddit comment by itself leads to a ban.