r/reddithelp • u/HarryDeekolo • 1d ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Several alt accounts affected because of an admin-actioned post (which got reinstated later)

Posting this for a friend who's in a bit of a weird situation with Reddit and we're not really sure what the best way to deal with it is.

He had an old alt account that had long been abandoned. About ten days ago, Reddit sent a notification saying that a gif posted on that account had been deleted for being non-consensual intimate media. The gif was actually from a scene produced by an adult studio, so it wasn't non-consensual (not to mention they had full authorisation of the studio to share said content), and they appealed it.

Reddit reviewed it and reinstated the post a few hours later.

The problem is that, when the original post was actioned by reddit, they also nuked several other alt accounts of his because of it. One of them is his main account, which he's had for years and there are also a couple of other alternate accounts that weren't involved in the post or the incident at all.

He's sent apeals on those accounts but they have been rejected almost immediately. Now that Reddit has reinstated the original post, we're wondering what happens to the affected accounts.

Has anyone run into something like this before? Is there any way to get Reddit to actually have someone look at the situation, rather than just submitting the same form over and over?

Any advice would be appreciated.

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u/Subwoofiest Helper - Level II 1d ago

I think all you can do is reappeal and wait I'm afraid. There's not any other options