How Does Reddit Detect Previously Banned Users?

[LilyAtePies]

I wanted to report my experience with others:

Last year in Spring, I got a site wide permanent ban for upvoting my own post. All of my 5 accounts were banned on the same day, and any new accounts I made were banned within hours. One account I made using a new email (but on the official Reddit app) survived a week before getting banned.

I then made a new account using the Apollo app for iOS, used a new email, got a VPN, and it has been 9 months without any new bans. I am just as active as I always have been, making a dozen comments a day, and it seems like I’m in the clear (knock on wood.)

I do not have a new IP or a new device, just a VPN (which has turned off a few times while I was leaving comments), the same phone I used when I got banned, same iOS account, and etc. I’m posting on my desktop every day as well, which was in use during the ban last spring.

I’m considering taking my VPN off after the 12 month mark to see if I truly am good to go again. It seems like just using a VPN is the most key part. And don’t use the official app on mobile even with a VPN.

I am curious if you guys think it will ever be safe to stop using a VPN though. Do they actually dump data? Am I safe after X amount of time?

 

[Draugon]

I wanted to report my experience with others:

Last year in Spring, I got a site wide permanent ban for upvoting my own post. All of my 5 accounts were banned on the same day, and any new accounts I made were banned within hours. One account I made using a new email (but on the official Reddit app) survived a week before getting banned.

I then made a new account using the Apollo app for iOS, used a new email, got a VPN, and it has been 9 months without any new bans. I am just as active as I always have been, making a dozen comments a day, and it seems like I’m in the clear (knock on wood.)

I do not have a new IP or a new device, just a VPN (which has turned off a few times while I was leaving comments), the same phone I used when I got banned, same iOS account, and etc. I’m posting on my desktop every day as well, which was in use during the ban last spring.

I’m considering taking my VPN off after the 12 month mark to see if I truly am good to go again. It seems like just using a VPN is the most key part. And don’t use the official app on mobile even with a VPN.

I am curious if you guys think it will ever be safe to stop using a VPN though. Do they actually dump data? Am I safe after X amount of time?

Maybe Paid VPNs are better than free ones in evading reddit bans. But im not paying for a VPN just so i can go back posting on Reddit.

 

[Ryuzaki]

Maybe Paid VPNs are better than free ones in evading reddit bans. But im not paying for a VPN just so i can go back posting on Reddit.

If you're making money on Reddit then paying for a VPN should be an expected and acceptable business expense.

If you're just there to rile people up or argue and share the truth, all of which lead to a ban, and you're doing that out of your own desires for entertainment and passion, and it's not worth you spending a few bucks a month for a paid VPN, then it's definitely not worth continuing to search the internet and thinking about how to evade a ban.

If it's not worth $3 a month, it's not worth the vast amount of mental headspace to keep thinking about it. This is what people mean by "living rent free in your head."

 

[Draugon]

If you're making money on Reddit then paying for a VPN should be an expected and acceptable business expense.

If you're just there to rile people up or argue and share the truth, all of which lead to a ban, and you're doing that out of your own desires for entertainment and passion, and it's not worth you spending a few bucks a month for a paid VPN, then it's definitely not worth continuing to search the internet and thinking about how to evade a ban.

If it's not worth $3 a month, it's not worth the vast amount of mental headspace to keep thinking about it. This is what people mean by "living rent free in your head."

I doubt you can even make money off Reddit nowdays without paying for the website to host your ADs,

Not only the admins make a big effort to ban spammers, ban evaders and promoters but also most of the website is controlled by powermods and powerusers who don't like new people in the 'power-ring' and will go miles to blacklist you off the website or ban you, so you are better off on Facebook or even Instagram if you want to earn money.

 

[ineedaname]

I got permabanned on Reddit for calling a podcast guest a cunt. Tbey said it was hate speech and banned my accounts. What’s the best way to get back? Reddit is how I kill downtime

 

[timmytoodle999]

Hey,

I got perma banned on reddit and Im trying to get around it like this:

Im getting a whole different internet provider in a week so Im using a whole different IP for the new account and I´ll use my iPad.
I never logged into any of my reddit accounts on this iPad, its only connected to the same iCloud account as my banned iPhone.

1. Is this enough to avoid getting banned again?
Or are there any cookies / fingerprints crossovers etc I didnt think about?

2. How do I avoid to "infect" my new ip adress cuz I guess when Im logging into my banned account with the new IP it´ll also get infected.
Is it enough to delete the app or what should I do?

Maybe someone can help me I´d really appreciate it

Thanks


So the only way to get around the ban is using a different device and a different IP?

bro it does not work like that. It is not an infection, it is just them having your ip and your browser fingerprint. They cannot do much more than that besides mac-address. So even if you remove the software and use another ip, they cannot be sure it is you and they cannot ban you since devices can switch owners. Forget that rando shit

 

[JesseEddleman]

It seems like just using a VPN is the most key part. And don’t use the official app on mobile even with a VPN.

This has been my experience as well.