First and foremost, OBSF highly values authentic and truthful contributors (non-sellers and rule-abiding sellers alike). Besides all the obvious spam, bot, and non-consensual accounts, there is a growing number of accounts that have tell-tale signs of being bought accounts, or farming karma and fast-tracking their accounts in an unauthentic way. I don't know if this is because of some online tutorial doing the rounds on how to fast-track one's account for promotion, but it's not going to fly here.

I finely comb through every account to ensure they are legitimate. I can't outline these checks in detail, otherwise it would be like handing bad actors a manual on how to bypass these measures on a plate. What I can do, is to point out some things that you might be doing inadvertently and in the process getting restricted from posting to OBSF:

1. Scrubbing your post or comment history. (If I can't see your history, I can't determine if you're legit - and then I'll just default to auto-removing your posts. Also if you have a comment karma of 1000 and you only have 3 comments in your profile with single digit karma, that's a red flag)
2. Having a years-old account with only very recent activity. (This is a big red flag, similar to point 1)
3. Participating in free karma subreddits. (It's the seedy part of reddit that only spammers use, so don't be surprised if you're assumed to be cut of the same cloth by participating there)
4. To expound on point 3: There are certain mainstream subreddits that are often targeted by repost-bot/karma-farming accounts due to lax moderation. (And if your account is active there, we will take note of it)
5. Posting extremely inconsistent ages/details. (Again, we try to make sure everyone here is authentic. If you're making up stuff like your age, or if you're married or divorced every other week, that's not a good sign)
6. Making frequently-used generic clickbait titles. (Clickbait / Pity-bait / Commonly-used Titles that are designed for engagement, will very quickly get old and result in getting added to our clickbait list. Please stop)

So, if you find all your posts being auto-removed, or consistently being removed after the fact without any clear rule-breaking transgression, best conclusion is that your account has been identified as untrustworthy. Unfortunately, there is very little that you can do to change this decision - It's very easy to lie on the internet, and I'm not going to resort to asking for personally identifiable information such as driver's licenses, which wouldn't assuage my concerns regarding your profile's legitimacy anyway. If your account is shady in any way, I'd rather err on the side of caution.

I'm sorry if this is an unpopular take, but prioritising integrity, consistency and legitimacy, while trying to be egalitarian in allowing both sellers and non-sellers, is why I believe OBSF is so popular. Please help us in keeping this subreddit a place of quality content.

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Just a little post script: I pretty much run this near-1million subscriber subreddit all by myself, and while I always try to remember the human and treat everyone with the highest level of respect, I can only do so much and have to rein in behaviour that is detrimental to this sub and its users. The bigger it gets, the more I have to have a finger on the pulse - I'm trying my best.

Also, please don't verify via modmail - rather just post your verification to the subreddit itself (even if it gets removed) I'll get to it much sooner than on modmail where I'm extreeeeeemely behind. Thanks.