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Trying to get competitor banned from Reddit.

by alexmorning
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I've been trying for weeks now trying to get a competitor banned from Reddit as they have really popular articles that get posted often by carefully spamming them on Reddit through a VPN but they just seem to ban the accounts and not do anything about the domain.

How can I go about getting them off for good as this seems like a waste of time but was recommended here. Should I just pay various mods?
#banned #competitor #reddit
  • Profile picture of the author esk
    Well, I would just don't give a **** and rather work on stuff that brings me more sales instead of wasting time...
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  • Profile picture of the author alexmorning
    We're a content company and we've been told that they are in the running to have the investment we're actively competing for. So it's in our best interests to cut traffic to them where we can because they get around 1.2 million a month and a small amount of that is from Reddit.
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  • Profile picture of the author alexmorning
    That is something we're actively doing and well but there's several sites in the running and they're keeping up with us to the degree where it's better to be safe than sorry. I was wondering if anyone else had experience in this area.
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    • Profile picture of the author SunilTanna
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      • Profile picture of the author agmccall
        What goes around comes around.

        Why are you so concerned with what someone else is doing

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  • Profile picture of the author fin
    Would they not just use a different domain name then redirect people to their site?

    Maybe you can find out where the other person lives and kidnap their family for ransom.
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  • Profile picture of the author alexmorning
    Never mind I think it's worked. They have started to shadow ban all my spam accounts and I can't post a link to them withot it getting knocked off.

    Thanks anyway guys mission accomplished!
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by alexmorning View Post

      Never mind I think it's worked. They have started to shadow ban all my spam accounts and I can't post a link to them withot it getting knocked off.

      Thanks anyway guys mission accomplished!
      Have I got this right?

      You have spam accounts, they have spam accounts, you want this thingy, they want this thingy.

      You're both the same arn't you? I bet they're trying to get you banned too. Eye for an eye.

      I wonder if they're reading this thread, or if one of the heaven knows how many hundreds of thousands of members here are reading this and recognise it, or work for Reddit.

      I loved this bit in the article Dan linked too...

      Friggersly, however, caught some black hat social media marketers discussing how they use those rules to get competing brands banned.
      I like the word "Caught". I mean, you're telling the entire binternets. If I type "banned from Reddit" into Google, the #1 result is the entrepreneur article and this thread is on the same page.

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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Lenney
      Originally Posted by alexmorning View Post

      Never mind I think it's worked. They have started to shadow ban all my spam accounts and I can't post a link to them withot it getting knocked off.

      Thanks anyway guys mission accomplished!
      Have you always been this big of a unethical douchebag?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan H Kim
    was this you Advertisers Are Sabotaging Competitors' Brands to Get Them Banned From Reddit | Entrepreneur.com
    hahaha
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    Reddit is not the only place to promote something so why bother by living in misery?
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  • Profile picture of the author RickCopy
    I genuinely hope this guy gets whats coming to him.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
    I am so glad so many of you responded this way. When I see a black hat idea like this, it really burns me up inside. Thanks to all of you. Even if it uses up all my Thanks for the day.

    @theOP: it's best to concentrate on improving your own results than taking down someone else. I mean, I could understand a revenge thing if someone hurt your family. But not this. It's the same as trying to punish someone in google results with citations.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by RickCopy View Post

      I genuinely hope this guy gets whats coming to him.
      Originally Posted by Jason Kanigan View Post

      I am so glad so many of you responded this way. When I see a black hat idea like this, it really burns me up inside. Thanks to all of you. Even if it uses up all my Thanks for the day.

      @theOP: it's best to concentrate on improving your own results than taking down someone else. I mean, I could understand a revenge thing if someone hurt your family. But not this. It's the same as trying to punish someone in google results with citations.
      ^^^^^^^^^^
      This
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  • Profile picture of the author jasondinner
    Just remember that what you put out into the world will come back to you several fold sooner or later.

    Stop wasting your time with this nonsense and focus on growing YOUR business.

    You want to find out how to scumbag your competition? Go to the BlackHatWorld forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author MaxProfit007
      This looks like Guerrilla Marketing Warfare.
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  • Profile picture of the author zonboss
    Except bothering you as a competitor are they doing anything wrong?
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