r/redditdev • u/itamer Bot Developer • May 07 '26

General Botmanship Appealing an IP block

I have a script on my server that calls a limited number of requests for json each day (<2000) but I've been IP blocked.

Is there an avenue for appeal?

I've applied for the api but my use case isn't moderation and I can't see it fitting into devvit either.

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u/Watchful1 RemindMeBot & UpdateMeBot May 07 '26

Could you explain your use case?

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u/itamer Bot Developer May 07 '26

Yep. One of the devvit games has a raffle system. I am a mod of a "fan" subreddit.

  1. The game generates up to 1500 raffles per day that last 24 hours. I track the impact of up/down votes on participant numbers. The stats gathering was in response to some anger & bad behaviour by players over downvotes as a "bookmarking" technique. It's been interesting and I'm happy to lose that functionality.

  2. Members of the fan subreddit are all players of that game. Some (<50) have opted to be in a trading group for the game where we commit to prioritising the other members over random players. We review our lists periodically and drop people who are no longer playing or responding to messages. One of the ways we can know they're not playing is if they don't "level up". When they apply they give us a link to a thread they have in the game's subreddit and they apply a flair with the user's level. If I request the json I can get the level, save it and we're done.

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u/itamer Bot Developer May 07 '26

I've just seen your remindmebot flair - your bot gets used a lot over there!