I have to admit, my feelings are hurt more than I’d like, but less than I expected.
Reddit is all kinds of fucked up. Recently, I got CC’d into an e-mail thread with 3 heavy hitters who work at Reddit, and I asked about my ban. For those still playing at home, I was banned because a drama subreddit mass-reported me (I believe), because I told them that what they were doing, while they were harassing a woman, was a felony.
So Reddit banned me for that.
A year and some change later, I managed to somehow become a verified publisher in Reddit’s system. I’m not particularly sure how that happened; I’m also not sure how I was entered into Reddit’s Reddit Pro system and given a year’s worth of Reddit Gold (now Reddit Premium), directly after the ban, but I just figured that was Reddit’s admins fucking with me.
So, interestingly enough, even after being told by 3 people working at Reddit to submit an appeal, it was denied.
This is the end of this road. Obviously, they could still change something— I don’t suspect that this would get escalated to people of their level, without an actual resolution— but if this is it, I accept it.
And I also accept that I will not be doing business with Reddit ever again, in any way, shape, or form. I will not be helping them in the future.
I think it’s actually kind of better that I get to tell this story forever.
God, you people.
What a disgrace.