[META] A warning to would-be bot reporters: Reddit may ban you!

On 01-14, I reported many comments from Lost_Assistant 1430 (space added), an LLM bot. On 01-22, I was temporarily banned and sent the following message:

Banned 3-days for report abuse
Someone on the platform reported the following:
* Content shared from Lost_Assistant 1430 on 01/14/2025 UTC
After reviewing, we found that you broke Rule 8 by abusing our reporting tool... As a result, we’re issuing a temporary 3-day ban on your account and asking you not to break this rule again.
If you feel like you didn’t break the rules, you can file an appeal any time within the next six months and we’ll take a second look.
– Reddit Admin Team
Note: This decision was made without the assistance of automation.

Obviously, I immediately filed an appeal, pointing out obvious LLM comments from the account in question like this and this. Not to mention it posts primarily in subs that upvote everything. And those VPN bot nests. I requested that the account be looked at by someone experienced with LLM bots.

On 01-22, just hours later, I received the following reply:

Thanks for submitting an appeal to the Reddit admin team. We reviewed your request and gave the following a second look:
* Content shared from Lost_Assistant 1430 on 01/14/2025 UTC
After reviewing, we found that you broke Rule 8 by abusing our reporting tool... As a result, the ban or warning you were issued remains in place.
If you continue to break Reddit’s rules through another Reddit account, you’ll be breaking Reddit’s rule against ban evasion, and any additional accounts you have will also be banned.
– Reddit Admin Team
Note: This decision was made without the assistance of automation.

In short, Reddit admins are not competent enough to recognize LLM bots, even when they are specifically pointed out, and they may ban you for reporting them. I have had this account for 13 years. I've seen Reddit get worse and worse. And the next time I report a bot, I may get banned permanently. This may be my last post. Let it be a warning to others who would try to do the right thing.