That's right, ban a non-malicious bot, but let the rest run rampant!

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CWinthrop is in Mali

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I'm moderating r/99CentsOnEbay, and have a bot account set up under u/notapennymore

The bot ONLY posts in r/99CentsOnEbay. It doesn't send or receive private messages, and doesn't do anything outside that particular subreddit.

I noticed the bot had stopped posting, and started checking my code. Everything fine on my end, so it must be on the Reddit side.

Imagine my surprise and great concern when I discovered it had been shadowbanned.

Can anyone tell me why?

There are much worse bots roaming the subreddits with no control whatsoever, and yet this one gets banned with no warning?

Yes, I've already contacted the Admins. As usual, no response is forthcoming.

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