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They have really upped the game with the ban hammer lately.
I got banned for liking a comment. Multiple users here have been banned for any criticism towards ICE.
Now they have likely expanded the scope even more.
Welcome here now. No point to try to make a new user there unless you want to jump through rather annoying loops, otherwise the new user gets banned the same or shadowbanned.
This is the reason I treat Reddit as read only nowadays, just in case.
That said, here is not perfect. I have been banned from four communities on ttrpg.network for, from what I can tell, liking a plausible-looking post that turned out to be a bot.
Genuinely, the only thing I still go on The Old Place for these days is for a handful of long-running (like, years) creative writing post sequences by particular users. Literally couldn’t tell you the last time I voluntarily sought it out, outside of that very specific context.
Lately it has been telling me to get the app to continue browsing
Reddit went through several iterations of both user- and mod-unfriendly changes.
The mods that haven't left are all towing the line, coming down on all sorts of "problematic" content (as defined by MAGA), often erring on the side of caution (I'm being nice here).
Don't expect any mod/admin to be reasonable. Reddit has been dying slowly for a long time, but at least since about 1 year ago it is completely dead.
Not pro-cannabis myself, but on the overall issue about trigger-happy banning, if Reddit doesn't want you, no use trying to please them. If anything, that move of theirs is an invitation for you to move more firmly to their competitors. Also I've seen some pro-cannabis groups and adjacent ones over the years.
Also, if you must warn of original issue, the one about the fake company, in major platforms, Twitter and Youtube aren't as trigger-happy about bans.
Also a bit tangential, but maybe seek legal action, or at least a chargeback from your bank? 7k USD is by no means a small value.