It used to be the case Reddit itself would run spambots, and if you reported them you'd be banned.
Wow, do you have a link to where I could read more about that stuff? I tried doing a quick search, but couldn't find anything. Banning users for reporting bots is a crazy moderation decision...
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Since it happened several years ago it would be hard to find now. Here's a different, related issue that I did find (with links to several more threads): https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/17bkv3f/false_b...