New Users Banned Across Multiple Platforms for Legitimate Free Promotion Offers
A user was banned from Substack, Reddit, and Etsy within their first month simply for offering other users free promotion. The recurrence across three independent platforms suggests anti-spam and moderation systems broadly fail to distinguish genuine promotional outreach from spam, penalizing legitimate marketers and community members.
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