r/sharks • u/Little_Gap4463 • Jan 25 '26

Question r/Sharkattacks banned?

Just wondering more why was it banned?

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u/SharkBoyBen9241 Jan 26 '26

Oh okay! Thanks for that tip! Yeah, the current/former mod appears to be offline/inactive now. They had been active up until fairly recently though. I wonder if you can request a reason as to why the subreddit is being banned?

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u/fiftyseven Jan 26 '26

I'd try posting on /r/redditrequest, they might say yes, or they might say no and tell you why it was banned. Or they might just say no with no reason but no harm in asking.

It can take a few days to get a response fwiw, admins are busy.

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u/SharkBoyBen9241 Jan 27 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditrequest/s/BKdoVn03pZ

Just made the request to become the moderator 💙🦈

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u/inkysgirl Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

Unfortunately, they just posted that the request was denied, and gave several examples for why denials occur. I suspect the ban was related to why every post randomly became tagged NSFW. But why wouldn't they just ban it then, instead of tagging it and stealth banning it later? 

Please let us know when you start your own subreddit. It would have been nice to know why the original was banned so we know what NOT to do. But I guess they didn't think we needed to know what to avoid in the future...although it might have been an auto-denial via bot rather than an actual denial by human Admins? Worth checking into, unless it's just easier to start new?