Reddit is an immensely popular social networking site where users can talk, share content, and communicate with people. However, there is an issue faced by some users on Reddit called Shadowban. A shadowban is a form of ban applied at the admin level to mean that moderators don’t have power over it. It is meant to keep spammers and trolls from just posting on the site without realizing it.

A Reddit shadowban can affect the computer or hardware of the user. There’s a relationship between Shadowbans and HWID, a unique code that has an association with the computer or hardware of a user. The act of shadowban is referred to when a user’s HWID has been banned – this can stop the particular individual from accessing certain features or accounts on the said platform. Also, even if a user tries to create new accounts on the same computer or hardware that person can still be affected by this shadowban.

Understanding Reddit Shadowbans

Definition and Mechanism

A shadowban is a site-wide account ban that Reddit gives at the admin level. It’s an under-the-radar ban that makes a user’s posts and comments hidden from everyone except them. This implies that the user is not informed when they are banned and continues to use of site as usual. Nevertheless, their actions will no longer be apparent to other members of the community and they will effectively be rendered “silent.”

Shadowbans occur when Reddit’s spam filter filters out a user’s posts and comments. This implies that other users will not be able to see their content, but the users themselves are always in full view of what they have put up there. This is done by blocking the user’s account with a blacklist that does not allow any content to be shown to other users.

Detection and Confirmation

It is hard to detect if a user has been shadowbanned on Reddit.

Shadowban means you can’t notice any of your posts and comments. Alternatively, one can use a third-party tool such as ShadowBan Check. This tool will crawl your account and tell if you are under Shadowban. However, it should be understood that these tools are not always accurate and there is no assurance whether they will detect a shadowban or not.

If you suspect that Reddit has shadowbanned your account, then the best course of action is to contact site administrators. Or they will be able to confirm if you have been banned, and might even reverse the ban in case it was made accidentally.