My Reddit account is approximately five years old, and I've been able to initiate chats without any problems until recently.

Suddenly, after sending approximately one new chat request, Reddit started displaying the message that my account "isn't established enough" to initiate new chats.

Account Details:

- Platform: Android (Samsung)

- Reddit App Version: 2026.42.00

- Account Age: Approximately 5 years

- Contributor Quality Score (CQS): Moderate

- Email Verification: Verified

- Account Standing: No suspension or restrictions according to Reddit's official appeals page

Troubleshooting I've Already Done:

- Confirmed my email address is verified.

- Checked my CQS, which is Moderate.

- Checked Reddit's appeals page, which confirms my account is neither suspended nor restricted.

- Attempted to initiate chats through both the Android app and Google Chrome. Neither worked.

- Confirmed that I can still participate in existing conversations.

Expected Behavior:

I should be able to initiate new chat conversations, as I've been doing for years.

Actual Behavior:

Reddit prevents me from initiating any new chats and claims my account isn't established enough, despite my account age, verification status, and established history.

Request:

Could a Reddit administrator please investigate whether my account has been incorrectly flagged by the chat eligibility or reputation system?

This issue appeared suddenly without any apparent violations or changes to my account. I'd appreciate assistance identifying the cause and restoring my ability to initiate chats.

Thank you.

Help?!??

[Note, this is not a post about a ban. This appears to be a system bug where my account is in a state where new posts get taken down automatically.]

For most of my time on Reddit, having a new post automatically taken down by Reddit (as opposed to being automatically taken down by auto-moderator for breaking a subreddit rule I didn't know about) was very rare. Now, the last four things I posted just got automatically taken down by Reddit's filters, even though they were all in subs that I've posted in before without a problem.

This seems like a bug in the system, rather than a one-off issue to handle with an appeal. Either you're able to use the site or you're not; if you are, all of your posts should not be getting taken down automatically.

The only other thing that happened recently was that I got a 3-day Reddit suspension for posting this comment:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/1xei4yi/comment/19rlzw9b0xcat/

but that was probably because I was quoting a slur used by someone else (even though I used the censored version). I got that decision overturned and the comment got restored, but now my account is in a state where seemingly everything I post gets instantly taken down (so we'll see about this post!).

I did make one post since then that didn't get taken down:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/1xh2blx/desktop_web_but_also_all_platforms_when_you_get_a/

but maybe that subreddit has different filtering rules, to allow people to post bug reports.

Other than that, here are the last four things I posted, all of which got taken down automatically:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NFCWestMemeWar/comments/1xh9hec/outside_seahawks_chiefs_game/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/1xh9kfh/outside_seahawkschiefs_game/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1xhacb6/spotted_from_passenger_seat_above_i405_south_in/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1xhae5q/spotted_from_passenger_seat_yesterday_above_405/
[Identical to the previous one, except that the previous one had no body text so I added some body text in case that fixed it.]

Would you agree this looks like a system bug of some kind?

I just witnessed an upstream service return a service unavailable. Will reddit report this on the status page or will reddit continue lying about its SLA?

Hello,

I am writing to express my deep disappointment with the recent changes to the mobile web version of Reddit. Forcing users to download the official app by blocking or limiting access via mobile browsers is an aggressive and user-unfriendly practice.

I value my freedom of choice, privacy, and digital hygiene. Due to this artificial restriction and aggressive tracking push, I have decided to completely stop using Reddit.

Please pass this feedback to the product management team. Users should have the right to choose how they access the platform without being forced into installing software.

Best regards,

Alexey

My streak was reset it’s now at 23 wen I did my daily upvote and on Oct 22 I was at day 795 now I’m at 23 🤔

You can't read what you're typing.

I'm getting "Error saving changes, please try again" when editing my Reddit profile. Simple text like "ahh" saves, but my original display name and bio don't. I tried shortening my bio, but it still errors. Is this a bug or is something in my text triggering it?

I can make posts that people see and comments seemed fine to me until I noticed they have no views so I had a friend check and they can't see my comments on posts

When I select a media to view in full screen from the feed, I now do not find the upvote, downvote, comments or other icons. But when open the same media by opening comments first and then open the media, I can now see the icons. I found out that in ios settings > Appearance > Liquid Glads, if we set the slide to max or aka more tinted, this issue occurs. But if we reduce it even a little, this will not happen. I use an older vet iphone and to keep it responsive, I set this this max / more tinted.

I can't repost anything from my phone. My profile comes up but shaded out as unavailable

Subs I never joined are in my homepage. I have this feature disabled.

[Note, this IS NOT a request to re-instate a banned account or to remove a suspension, this is about a bug I discovered as a side effect of that.]

On October 24th I posted a comment which criticized someone else for posting a slur on Twitter (I quoted them accurately but censored the slur; however, it still probably tripped Reddit's text filters) and got this suspension notice:

Banned 3-days for hate

We flagged the following as a potential policy violation:

However, at the time, the comment had been removed by Reddit. (I appealed and the comment got restored.)

The bug, however, is that the link in question pointed to the comment, which had been deleted, which means if you click on the link it just says "Removed by Reddit".

This seems like a bug, if the point is to inform the user of what they posted that triggered the ban, but if they click on the link, the content is not there.

One fix would be for the system to copy and paste the offending text into the notification that is sent to the user.

[Android], Whenever I try to set a nickname or an avatar, I get this error; I’ve been trying to set a nickname all day, and it’s the same error every time. Version 2026.42.0

I’m experiencing a serious bug with the Reddit iOS app that has effectively locked me out of my account.
I had just opened Reddit, made one comment, and attempted to change my profile banner (cover photo).
Immediately after attempting to upload the banner, the app began malfunctioning and rapidly flashing repeated error messages. It became so bad that I had to force-close the app.
When I reopened it, I received these messages:
• “Looks like Reddit is having some trouble.”
• “Your request has been rate limited, please take a break for…”
The rate-limit message now appears immediately whenever I open Reddit, preventing me from accessing my feed, profile, or settings.
I was NOT spamming, repeatedly commenting, or refreshing pages. I had only made one comment before attempting to change my profile banner.
It appears that the banner upload triggered an error loop, possibly generating repeated requests that caused Reddit’s rate-limiting system to restrict my account.
I’ve attached a screenshot of the error.
Is there a way to get this restriction removed? I shouldn’t be locked out of my account because of an apparent app malfunction.
Device: iPhone
Platform: iOS
App: Official Reddit iOS app

I’m still facing the same issue concerning my messages in chat it’s keeps disappearing however the other person messages still exist

I’ve tried to clear cache, uninstalling the app & reinstalling again, turning on the persistence message, I also checked all the security checks

Non of above helped me to fix the issue

Here is provided link as example to check from any admin : https://www.reddit.com/chat/room/!kcsDCPpLGyU2tYHHcg9cs8zN6ApRFUXaz-J1g14nqxI%3Areddit.com

The post upvote/downvote count does not seem to display any number below 0. The comment upvote/downvote count continues to display negative numbers, but the post count always stops at 0.

No matter what you do—whether it’s clearing the cache, wiping data, or restarting the app—if you choose not to receive notifications for a comment or post, the notifications continue to appear for the user.

App version: 2026.42.0

Last week, I uploaded a profile photo and banner. They saved successfully and were visible on my profile on 3–4 visits. They have since disappeared. Now I can’t change my profile photo or banner, or create posts on my profile. Reddit shows: “Server error. Try again later.”

I also can’t find my profile when checking Reddit in an Incognito window. I haven’t received an account warning by email. A separate help post I made was removed by Reddit’s filters; I don’t know whether that is related.

Could you check whether this is a profile bug or an account-specific issue?

Username: u/RedInvestGroup
Device model: Lenovo 83A1
Operating system: Windows 11
Browser: Google Chrome, version not yet checked

Steps to reproduce:

1. Sign in to u/RedInvestGroup.
2. Try to change the profile photo or banner, or create a post on the profile.
3. Submit the change or post.

Expected result: The change or post saves, and the profile is visible.
Actual result: Reddit shows “Server error. Try again later.” The profile photos are missing, and I can’t find the profile in Incognito.