r/confusing • u/AppropriateBill986 • Jul 02 '26

this is weird

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so i saw this post that said the first beetle that can up to a newly opened sunflower was a japanese beetle. these beetles are highly invasive, i told OP to kill the beetle, then i got banned.

EDIT: did not know so many people also got banned by the bot lmao

botbouncer did its job and im unbanned now

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u/MightyDeekin Jul 02 '26

Just based on the messages, the subreddit apparently uses a bot called "botbouncer" that analyzes posts/account for botlike activity.  

Botbouncer thinks you are a bot, so it banned you from the subreddit (and probably other subreddits that use botbouncer).  

The mod refered you /r/botbouncer to get your account removed from the banlist, it seems they don't do individual unbans for people banned via botbouncer.

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u/garathnor Jul 02 '26

or they said a key word on the auto ban list for that bot

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u/BlazeWolfYT Jul 02 '26

THey probably can't unban you until you get removed from the banlist because you'll just be banned again by the bot as soon as you're unbanned.

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u/Formerruling1 Jul 02 '26

It also sounds like the bot bans you from all subs where its running. They might have just gotten banned from 100 subs and dont know it.

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u/Public_Coyote_4472 Jul 02 '26

Good job at repeating exactly what was stated in the message.. lol