A couple months ago my account was permabanned (was not provided a reason) from the site and I have since been trying to make a new one. The problem is though that every single time I make a new account, it is either instantly suspended or suspended a couple hours later. So far I have tried: -Unplugging my router for a few minutes to change my IP -Clearing all of my cookies -Making the account on a very old device (which has never logged into Reddit before) -Using a brand new email -Making the account on Duckduckgo which has encrypted connections

Mind you, I did all of these together, at the same time, and Reddit still was able to instantly link my account to it. Is there a single thing I can possibly do to avoid this ban and make a new account? It seems like Reddit has like CIA-level technology that is somehow able to track me regardless of how many ludicrous holes I try to jump through.

  • BingoBongo1942@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    I don’t understand why they ban with such insane scrutiny. There are people on major platforms like YouTube that continue to make money even after dodging bans, and yet Reddit seemingly has like the most heavily enforced ban system on the internet for a website that is literally for shitposting and asking for advice.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      yt has significant ad revenue incentives, so the bans are less restrictive(more views per video= greater ad exposure), reddit’s ads really never took off, or as pervasive as many social medias. usually its the owner doing it,banning you from said channel. you probably have to do something pretty offensive for youtube to sitewide ban you.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 day ago

      i believe only some resetting the routers only works with some of the isps, some reuses the same ones so thats why reddit can detect that. also sometimes your ip wont change if you rest it.

      this is the basic detection. reddit also looks for similar writing style, posting behaviour, your activity on the site, and using vcaptcha v3 to monitor your movements. browser fingerprintg is another one they use too.

      i havnt bother making a new account after i got shadowbanned, it wasnt worth it, since they are likely to ban you instantly.

      the only way is using a new device, and a new IP address, and not ever connecting to your home browsers, computer or wifi ever.

      then theres the more expensive methods, proxies, anti-detect browsers new devices.

    • CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I think many mods on Reddit don’t understand English well and are too lazy to read carefully. They just ban anyone with posts or comments containing some keywords. My comment is only a quote of another person and I asked if it is the reason Op is banned.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 day ago

        many of them are too lazy to verify each report so some will jus let the auto-ban, filter to do thier dirty work,.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        its mostly spez, whom later caved to muk’s demand that is doing this. i dont think she had much of an effect in the early days.

        its only when trump became president in his first term, then reddit became super serious in banning people. because the amount of russian back troll bots were starting to appear in large numbers, and then we got oh so you dont like “conservatives” type of people.

      • hypnicjerk@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        this ain’t it chief, blaming ellen pao for reddit’s downfall is insanely clueless.

        she got glass cliff’d on a confluence of issues on the platform, none of which were because of her. if you want to point the finger at anyone, point it at spez.