Getting around a Reddit ban
Reddit isn't like SW. It's not easy to get around a ban.
I was permanently banned from Reddit for a very stupid reason. I had two separate profiles, one for politics, bicycles, whiskey, and other interests, and another just for sex-related stuff. I did this because several times when I made a political comment, somebody would respond with "don't listen to this guy, he's into fat women" or something similar.
The problem with this is when I was banned from one sub, commenting on that same sub from the other profile constituted "ban evasion." So whenever I was banned from a sub on one profile, I would immediately mute the sub on the other profile to make sure I didn't inadvertently comment on it.
Well, as it turned out, I commented on a sub that I'd been banned from on the other profile without being aware of it, so both profiles were banned from the entire site. I appealed and was told to get lost. This is a known issue with Reddit. What should happen is when you're banned from a sub on one profile, the other profile should be banned too, to avoid inadvertent ban evasion. They don't do this, which as far as I'm concerned is entrapment. But it's their site, so they can do what they want, I guess.
Here's how I got back on Reddit. First, I changed my IP address, because they track this. Then, I set up a brand-new account using a different email, because they track this, too. Then, I installed the Brave browser because it blocks websites' access to things like your screen resolution and other ways they can identify your computer. Yes, Reddit does this, too. Finally, I uninstalled the phone app. You absolutely cannot log into your account with the phone app because they will definitely identify you with it. The only way around this is to use a different phone. So now I only access Reddit on my computer. This also helps because they check things like which subs you follow and what time you tend to access the site. Now I'm following all of the subs I'm interested in, so it doesn't match either old profile, and I never log on during the day, so that pattern is different too. I also figured out that I can block certain subs from appearing on my profile history, so anyone snooping it won't see the more controversial ones; just the innocuous ones. And now, with one profile, there's no danger of ban evasion because that's the only profile I use to access anything.
Finally, if you do this, don't announce "haha, I'm back" on your new account because they will definitely notice that.
I was permanently banned from Reddit for a very stupid reason. I had two separate profiles, one for politics, bicycles, whiskey, and other interests, and another just for sex-related stuff. I did this because several times when I made a political comment, somebody would respond with "don't listen to this guy, he's into fat women" or something similar.
The problem with this is when I was banned from one sub, commenting on that same sub from the other profile constituted "ban evasion." So whenever I was banned from a sub on one profile, I would immediately mute the sub on the other profile to make sure I didn't inadvertently comment on it.
Well, as it turned out, I commented on a sub that I'd been banned from on the other profile without being aware of it, so both profiles were banned from the entire site. I appealed and was told to get lost. This is a known issue with Reddit. What should happen is when you're banned from a sub on one profile, the other profile should be banned too, to avoid inadvertent ban evasion. They don't do this, which as far as I'm concerned is entrapment. But it's their site, so they can do what they want, I guess.
Here's how I got back on Reddit. First, I changed my IP address, because they track this. Then, I set up a brand-new account using a different email, because they track this, too. Then, I installed the Brave browser because it blocks websites' access to things like your screen resolution and other ways they can identify your computer. Yes, Reddit does this, too. Finally, I uninstalled the phone app. You absolutely cannot log into your account with the phone app because they will definitely identify you with it. The only way around this is to use a different phone. So now I only access Reddit on my computer. This also helps because they check things like which subs you follow and what time you tend to access the site. Now I'm following all of the subs I'm interested in, so it doesn't match either old profile, and I never log on during the day, so that pattern is different too. I also figured out that I can block certain subs from appearing on my profile history, so anyone snooping it won't see the more controversial ones; just the innocuous ones. And now, with one profile, there's no danger of ban evasion because that's the only profile I use to access anything.
Finally, if you do this, don't announce "haha, I'm back" on your new account because they will definitely notice that.
