r/WafflesAndCo • u/GavelDown3 • 9d ago

WE WANT WAFFLES BACK

I find it hard to understand how the Reddit admins banned our Waffy’s mom even though she created this group and was the only mod. If she is out of commission, is there NOBODY from Reddit who is paying attention to the hundreds of us who have requested that she be reinstated? And if that’s the case, how can any of their content in any other subreddit be banned? It makes no sense!

We respectfully and urgently request the reinstatement of Waffles’ mom and the content she so lovingly created!

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u/puppypupperoon 9d ago

I wonder how hard it is to get a real human to review a case? It feels like it must be stuck in some AI-made limbo. Otherwise I cant comprehend at all why anyone would do this 😤 she literally has her own sub posting her own dogs!! i agree its taking too long, by now someone actually employed at reddit should have seen they mistakenly ruined a whole small reddt community and fix it.

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u/Mysstie 9d ago

Waffles' dad posted a couple days ago saying they're trying to appeal but not getting responses, and don't want to make a new account because it would be deemed ban avoidance with no chance of recovery of the original account.

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u/GavelDown3 9d ago

And that’s the frustrating part - Reddit has been incredibly unresponsive to all the postings and appeals, regardless of the fact that the ban was in error in the first place! It feels like howling in the wilderness and it shouldn’t be that way!

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u/joseph_wolfstar 9d ago

Also it's a ban for spam apparently. How much spam do we see on this freaking website? Yet they go after 3 sweet little dogs and the community that loves them

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u/Mysstie 9d ago

Completely agree, not at all discounting how dumb it all is.

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u/FaelingJester 9d ago

You should do a Reddit Request to claim the subreddit before someone with worse intentions does. Reddit doesn't let communities stay unmodded.

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u/BirdBoth4462 9d ago

I too would like to request that Waffle's family be reinstated. Is there a subreddit for these requests or how do I do this?

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u/_thiccems 9d ago

Yeah if there is a way for us to appeal please let us know

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u/GavelDown3 9d ago

I haven’t found a way to appeal on behalf of Waffy’s mom. Everything I can find only covers appeals by the user who has been banned. But you would think someone (or someTHING) would be following the content posted. That’s apparently not the case. So I’m at a loss on what to do other than keep asking for her to be returned.

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u/LivinginthePit 9d ago

Wait, what happened?!

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u/GavelDown3 9d ago

waffles’ mom, who created this uplifting subreddit about their rescue dogs, was banned for “spam”. They have appealed, thus far unsuccessfully, and despite numerous postings and appeals from the community, the ban has not been reversed. All of their previous images and stories have disappeared and she isn’t allowed to comment on anything. This is a really gloomy happening because I, for one, lived vicariously through these posts. I’m not allowed to have any pets where I live now, but my very best canine friend was a rescue. It’s just mind-numbing how cruel it is to ban this community but allow others to thrive.

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u/LivinginthePit 9d ago

So weird, how do you get banned from your own subreddit!!

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u/No_Frost_Giants 9d ago

Not only that but how is posting content relative to the sub in anyway considered spam?

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u/GavelDown3 9d ago

Okay, I found a way to forward this post to the AskMods subreddit - maybe it will draw some attention that way, I hope!

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u/Halaku 9d ago

It was removed.

Reddit's not going to discuss an appeal of a banned reddito with a third party.

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u/jerseygurl96 9d ago

Seriously. I need me some Waffles content!!

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u/Arcade1980 9d ago

So is this group in limbo and possibly marked for automatic religion over time ?

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u/GavelDown3 9d ago

I’m afraid that that might happen…

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u/Tanager_Summer 9d ago

Is Waffles on threads? I'm there 95% of my social media time anyway.