Venting Permanently banned reddit, feeling more suicidal than I’ve ever been

[HeinzKell]

I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's the truth. I really hate the culture on Reddit, but there were a few small communities revolving around niche games and music that I loved to participate in; they were the only communities I truly feel like I belonged. I've tried so many ways to circumvent the ban to no avail, I don't troll on that website at all. I got banned for what was pretty much a misunderstanding

When you're as anti-social as I am, it really is a huge blow. Ever since I've been banned, the things I used to do for fun just don't phase me anymore. I've cried nearly everyday and have no will to eat. I've been trying to break into other hobbies but there's just this profound pain in my heart/body and cloudiness in my brain I can't overcome. I really don't know what to do now…

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Couldn't you just make a new account using a different email address and maybe a VPN?

 

[tiredash]

you can just make another account

but as you said, the culture in reddit is extremely toxic. a couple of times in reddits i frequent i made "non accepted joke" and got immediately banned.
once, tired of this shit, i even tried to reason with the moderator, saying that i didnt insult or degrade anyone specifically or otherwise, or any group or even any culture or basically anything, and that the ban made no sense. the reply from the mod was "grow up". i tried to reason him again, asking where specifically was the fault of my message and the reply was "grow up loser"

one just cant reason with such extremely brilliant, elaborated and logic minds

 

[HeinzKell]

Couldn't you just make a new account using a different email address and maybe a VPN?

No, that used to work but their ban detection is extremely sophisticated now. I'm sure there's some convoluted way of counteracting it, but I haven't found it yet

you can just make another account

but as you said, the culture in reddit is extremely toxic. a couple of times in reddits i frequent i made "non accepted joke" and got immediately banned.
once, tired of this shit, i even tried to reason with the moderator, saying that i didnt insult or degrade anyone specifically or otherwise, or any group or even any culture or basically anything, and that the ban made no sense. the reply from the mod was "grow up". i tried to reason him again, asking where specifically was the fault of my message and the reply was "grow up loser"

one just cant reason with such extremely brilliant, elaborated and logic minds

The admins are just as pathetic. My first strike was for making a "death threat" after saying something along the lines of "I hope people who do this get hit by falling space debris". Something comical and clearly over-the-top.

I would be fine with not being able to use reddit, it's just that the Internet is depressingly centralized now. If you have a niche interest, often times 90% of the community is going to be active on Reddit

 

[notreallybored]

ב''ה, Reddit is another bots-only site like Twitter. Let the ad companies throw money at only whoever is running them, though unfortunately that may be their only training data now if you recall the ending to The Explorers with the alien that could only talk in slogans.

 

[tiredash]

No, that used to work but their ban detection is extremely sophisticated now. I'm sure there's some convoluted way of counteracting it, but I haven't found it yet

The admins are just as pathetic. My first strike was for making a "death threat" after saying something along the lines of "I hope people who do this get hit by falling space debris". Something comical and clearly over-the-top.

I would be fine with not being able to use reddit, it's just that the Internet is depressingly centralized now. If you have a niche interest, often times 90% of the community is going to be active on Reddit

im not sure what reddit detects, but it can only detect two things: your cookies and your IP. if you reset your router and clear your cookies, you should be a totally new person for reddit. just make sure that when the router resets you get a new ip, for example, checking it here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/

if its mobile data, maybe disconnecting for a few mins could work, but you should make sure with the page above, or any equivalent. just check your IP before and after, to make sure it changed.

 

[squirrels]

The Reddit app has been frozen on me for a few days and I've only been able to use it on desktop. Probably a good thing.

Depending on the niche hobby there might be a different forum for it. Most of the time I don't comment on reddit or just browse it when logged out. I just don't feel the compulsion to comment on everything anymore.

 

[Higurashi415]

I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's the truth. I really hate the culture on Reddit, but there were a few small communities revolving around niche games and music that I loved to participate in; they were the only communities I truly feel like I belonged. I've tried so many ways to circumvent the ban to no avail, I don't troll on that website at all. I got banned for what was pretty much a misunderstanding

When you're as anti-social as I am, it really is a huge blow. Ever since I've been banned, the things I used to do for fun just don't phase me anymore. I've cried nearly everyday and have no will to eat. I've been trying to break into other hobbies but there's just this profound pain in my heart/body and cloudiness in my brain I can't overcome. I really don't know what to do now…

I understand. I made an account on this site the same week I was permabanned from Reddit.
It honestly sucks, no way around it, I'm sorry. Not using it is one thing, NEVER being able to use it AGAIN is a completely different thing imho.

 

[LostinParadise]

NEVER being able to use it AGAIN is a completely different thing imho.

I was not banned but there were so many weird posters, 'Devil's advocate' we used to call that, now it seems to be normal communications via online!

I guess it's encouraged because of the site relies on advertising (reddit does, right?) the more posting the better for funds/profits.

The thing is these places become our new comfort habits, and sometimes- they are replacing harmful older comfort habits...

Personally I don't want to be around anywhere with no conflict resolution.

Don't take it personally.

 

[Higurashi415]

I was not banned but there were so many weird posters, 'Devil's advocate' we used to call that, now it seems to be normal communications via online!

I guess it's encouraged because of the site relies on advertising (reddit does, right?) the more posting the better for funds/profits.

The thing is these places become our new comfort habits, and sometimes- they are replacing harmful older comfort habits...

Personally I don't want to be around anywhere with no conflict resolution.

Don't take it personally.

I have no reason to take it personally, and I mostly agree with you. Discussing in the internet is usually futile anyways, honestly platforms such at Reddit or X are not any worse than the rest of the internet. I didn't use Reddit for discussions anyway.
Positive interactions in the internet are an exception, in general.

 

[outrider567]

I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's the truth. I really hate the culture on Reddit, but there were a few small communities revolving around niche games and music that I loved to participate in; they were the only communities I truly feel like I belonged. I've tried so many ways to circumvent the ban to no avail, I don't troll on that website at all. I got banned for what was pretty much a misunderstanding

When you're as anti-social as I am, it really is a huge blow. Ever since I've been banned, the things I used to do for fun just don't phase me anymore. I've cried nearly everyday and have no will to eat. I've been trying to break into other hobbies but there's just this profound pain in my heart/body and cloudiness in my brain I can't overcome. I really don't know what to do now…

Yes, I'm permanently banned also(actually the third time) for the dumbest reasons--But I was veering away from Reddit anyway, I'm on Twitter X a lot, Yahoo News, MSN, and especially YouTube(Premium)

No, that used to work but their ban detection is extremely sophisticated now. I'm sure there's some convoluted way of counteracting it, but I haven't found it yet

The admins are just as pathetic. My first strike was for making a "death threat" after saying something along the lines of "I hope people who do this get hit by falling space debris". Something comical and clearly over-the-top.

I would be fine with not being able to use reddit, it's just that the Internet is depressingly centralized now. If you have a niche interest, often times 90% of the community is going to be active on Reddit

Yes, Reddit has zero tolerance for any kind of violence, kidding or not--They are actually being seriously sued for advocating violence by someone, so now they are paranoid about it, you can't even advocate violence against mass murderers

 

[bananaolympus]

I was also perma banned from reddit, because i was suspended and told the moderator that he/she warped the rules and changed my 4 week suspension to permanent, i just created a new account after getting a vpn and cleared all caches and cookies from my device and i had no problems ever since

 

[rs929]

You need to change your IP address (a VPN can help) and use a different browser.
It's really impossible to "permaban" someone if you know what you're doing

 

[HeinzKell]

I understand. I made an account on this site the same week I was permabanned from Reddit.
It honestly sucks, no way around it, I'm sorry. Not using it is one thing, NEVER being able to use it AGAIN is a completely different thing imho.

I really appreciate this < 3

You need to change your IP address (a VPN can help) and use a different browser.
It's really impossible to "permaban" someone if you know what you're doing

I've tried these steps but a site-wide perma-ban is different. They have an algorithm that keeps track of your posting habits and whatnot, it's more complicated.

I was also perma banned from reddit, because i was suspended and told the moderator that he/she warped the rules and changed my 4 week suspension to permanent, i just created a new account after getting a vpn and cleared all caches and cookies from my device and i had no problems ever since

Did you interact with the same subs you used to on this new account?

 

[Higurashi415]

You need to change your IP address (a VPN can help) and use a different browser.
It's really impossible to "permaban" someone if you know what you're doing

1. Reddit analyzes text patterns
They can (and will) identify you based on how you type, correlating it with many other factors. Especially if you interact in the DMs, it's really hard not to get caught, you'd have to be consistently type in a different way during a conversation, it's as hard as changing your speech pattern in every conversation you'll ever have from now on. Theoretically possible, but practically unfeasible.
Maybe you know this, maybe you don't, but many of Ross Ulbricht's accounts, Silk Road's founder (very famous dark web drug marketplace), was caught thanks to this type of analysis, among other things. (they tied many different forums' accounts to a specific account and that specific account to him).
Not only is it real, it's actually rather easy to do in this day and age.

2. Intersectionality
By stacking your interest you get a smaller and smaller pool of users that it could be. Let's take this as an example: user1 likes leather crafting, he works out, plays the trombone, is gay and loves Murakami's books (imagine a much longer list). Now let's say user1 gets permabanned; a couple weeks later, wouldn't you know, user2 shows up and he likes pretty much the same things, and writes in a very similar way. User2 will be banned, too. Not only does this make logical sense, but that's pretty much how I got my permaban, and there's no reason to believe that Reddit was monitoring me more than anybody else.

3. Your email IS tied to you in some way
It's very hard to create an email that isn't tied to you in some way that Reddit will accept. It wasn't like this before, but now it's pretty much impossible: you'll have to insert your phone number somewhere, or use an email as verification and THAT email is tied to you in some way. I know there are some sites that allow you to create an email without phone number or verification email, but Reddit doesn't accept those.

4. You can't use Tor, really
You could, but based on what I've just said, it wouldn't really change much, they'd still know who you are even if you're pretending to be Finnish. Also, it's very easy to know if you're using Tor or not, and they pay extra attention to Tor users.

TL;DR
True anonymity is almost impossible even theoretically, and on Reddit it's impossible for many reasons, especially if you use it like you were before the permaban. Basically, unless you turn into a completely different person, it's not gonna happen.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's the truth. I really hate the culture on Reddit, but there were a few small communities revolving around niche games and music that I loved to participate in; they were the only communities I truly feel like I belonged. I've tried so many ways to circumvent the ban to no avail, I don't troll on that website at all. I got banned for what was pretty much a misunderstanding

When you're as anti-social as I am, it really is a huge blow. Ever since I've been banned, the things I used to do for fun just don't phase me anymore. I've cried nearly everyday and have no will to eat. I've been trying to break into other hobbies but there's just this profound pain in my heart/body and cloudiness in my brain I can't overcome. I really don't know what to do now…

Sorry this happened to you. I used to post on there when SS was still there and then after it was changed to time to go. I got notices for swearing. Not banned though.

 

[Outofoptions1]

The only way I was able to get around a permanent ban on reddit was getting a new ISP, new phone and creating a new account.

 

[rs929]

1. Reddit analyzes text patterns
They can (and will) identify you based on how you type, correlating it with many other factors. Especially if you interact in the DMs, it's really hard not to get caught, you'd have to be consistently type in a different way during a conversation, it's as hard as changing your speech pattern in every conversation you'll ever have from now on. Theoretically possible, but practically unfeasible.
Maybe you know this, maybe you don't, but many of Ross Ulbricht's accounts, Silk Road's founder (very famous dark web drug marketplace), was caught thanks to this type of analysis, among other things. (they tied many different forums' accounts to a specific account and that specific account to him).
Not only is it real, it's actually rather easy to do in this day and age.

2. Intersectionality
By stacking your interest you get a smaller and smaller pool of users that it could be. Let's take this as an example: user1 likes leather crafting, he works out, plays the trombone, is gay and loves Murakami's books (imagine a much longer list). Now let's say user1 gets permabanned; a couple weeks later, wouldn't you know, user2 shows up and he likes pretty much the same things, and writes in a very similar way. User2 will be banned, too. Not only does this make logical sense, but that's pretty much how I got my permaban, and there's no reason to believe that Reddit was monitoring me more than anybody else.

3. Your email IS tied to you in some way
It's very hard to create an email that isn't tied to you in some way that Reddit will accept. It wasn't like this before, but now it's pretty much impossible: you'll have to insert your phone number somewhere, or use an email as verification and THAT email is tied to you in some way. I know there are some sites that allow you to create an email without phone number or verification email, but Reddit doesn't accept those.

4. You can't use Tor, really
You could, but based on what I've just said, it wouldn't really change much, they'd still know who you are even if you're pretending to be Finnish. Also, it's very easy to know if you're using Tor or not, and they pay extra attention to Tor users.

TL;DR
True anonymity is almost impossible even theoretically, and on Reddit it's impossible for many reasons, especially if you use it like you were before the permaban. Basically, unless you turn into a completely different person, it's not gonna happen.

I think you're totally overestimating them. First, is there any source that says they're using global-wide linguistic forensics (like they caught the unabomber) AI tool to discriminate one single person writing style compared to millions of other users that use a very similar style?

As for 2, I had no issue evading a ban from a subreddit. I did use AI to write my posts on the new account though. Now if you have 1000 unique interests and you also disclose them on your alt account, then I guess they could establish with a high degree of probability that you are the same user. I think it should not be an issue if you are just not batantly obvious

3) Do you think that if you signup to a Proton.me account or even Gmail, they have some agreement between them and Reddit to disclose your personal data? (specially phone number)? This is extremely unlikely. But even if you were that paranoid, you could get another chip with a new number, then use that to get your new gmail account, then register in Reddit.

4) Reddit might detect VPN/TOR usage and flag your account as suspicious. You can just call your ISP and get yourself a new IP, or use Reddit from your phone with 5G as you have dynamic IP addresses. Obviously clear your cache/cookies first. Preferably use another browser


So I'm sorry to disagree but anonimity is perfectly possible if you take the necessary steps and be cautious. You need some tech knowledge though, in order to know what an IP address is, what cookies are, browser fingerprinting, avoid joining the exact same subreddits you were before you was banned, etc.
This is some advice from IA. It seems reasonable to me

Got you. Whether you're managing multiple Reddit accounts for legit reasons (e.g., one for work, one for hobbies, one for mod duties), or just want privacy, here's how to avoid triggering Reddit's detection systems:

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1. Use Separate Browsers or Profiles

• Use different browser profiles (like Chrome's "People" feature) or totally different browsers.
• Each profile should have its own cookies, extensions, and login state.
• Avoid logging in and out of accounts in the same session—Reddit can still track via cookies or cache.

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2. Isolate Your IPs

• Use different IP addressesfor each account:
  • Switch between mobile data and home Wi-Fi
  • Use a VPN with strong privacy policies (avoid free ones—they leak info)
  • Consider Tor if privacy is more important than speed or convenience (just don't vote/comment in a way that links accounts)
• Never vote or interact between accounts on the same IP (especially from the same device)—that's a huge red flag.

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3. Avoid Behavioral Overlap

• Don't post in the same niche subs or about the same topics.
• Don't comment in the same threads or upvote each other.
• Vary your writing style, post frequency, and activity hours.
• Avoid using identical usernames, phrases, or references across accounts.

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4. Separate Devices if Possible

• Best-case scenario: use one device per account.
• If not, clear cookies/cache or use incognito mode combined with a VPN or proxy.
• Reddit can still fingerprint devices using subtle signals, so vary device use when you can.

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5. Do Not Cross-Interact

• No replying, upvoting, or defending one account with another.
• Even accidental interactions can trip Reddit's detection.

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Bonus: Modding Tips

If you're a mod using alts to separate duties:

• Let your fellow mods know.
• Don't use mod powers in ways that benefit your other account.
• Consider using modmail and automod bots instead of sock accounts.

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Want a checklist or script to automate some of the separation (e.g., switching VPN + launching browser profile + logging into specific account)?

 

[sweetcreep]

getting banned from reddit is what helped me find SS. the only thing i miss were the rally great memes i would steal from there. im sorry you got banned, reddit as a website and a company is a total joke.

 

[bananaolympus]

Did you interact with the same subs you used to on this new account?

yes i still post and comment on the same subs i was banned

1. Reddit analyzes text patterns
They can (and will) identify you based on how you type, correlating it with many other factors. Especially if you interact in the DMs, it's really hard not to get caught, you'd have to be consistently type in a different way during a conversation, it's as hard as changing your speech pattern in every conversation you'll ever have from now on. Theoretically possible, but practically unfeasible.
Maybe you know this, maybe you don't, but many of Ross Ulbricht's accounts, Silk Road's founder (very famous dark web drug marketplace), was caught thanks to this type of analysis, among other things. (they tied many different forums' accounts to a specific account and that specific account to him).
Not only is it real, it's actually rather easy to do in this day and age.

2. Intersectionality
By stacking your interest you get a smaller and smaller pool of users that it could be. Let's take this as an example: user1 likes leather crafting, he works out, plays the trombone, is gay and loves Murakami's books (imagine a much longer list). Now let's say user1 gets permabanned; a couple weeks later, wouldn't you know, user2 shows up and he likes pretty much the same things, and writes in a very similar way. User2 will be banned, too. Not only does this make logical sense, but that's pretty much how I got my permaban, and there's no reason to believe that Reddit was monitoring me more than anybody else.

3. Your email IS tied to you in some way
It's very hard to create an email that isn't tied to you in some way that Reddit will accept. It wasn't like this before, but now it's pretty much impossible: you'll have to insert your phone number somewhere, or use an email as verification and THAT email is tied to you in some way. I know there are some sites that allow you to create an email without phone number or verification email, but Reddit doesn't accept those.

4. You can't use Tor, really
You could, but based on what I've just said, it wouldn't really change much, they'd still know who you are even if you're pretending to be Finnish. Also, it's very easy to know if you're using Tor or not, and they pay extra attention to Tor users.

TL;DR
True anonymity is almost impossible even theoretically, and on Reddit it's impossible for many reasons, especially if you use it like you were before the permaban. Basically, unless you turn into a completely different person, it's not gonna happen.

i just got a vpn and cleaned the cache and cookies, and i heavily post and comment on the subs i was banned, i didn't change how i type its been more than 5 months since my ban

 

[tiredash]

1. Reddit analyzes text patterns
They can (and will) identify you based on how you type, correlating it with many other factors. Especially if you interact in the DMs, it's really hard not to get caught, you'd have to be consistently type in a different way during a conversation, it's as hard as changing your speech pattern in every conversation you'll ever have from now on. Theoretically possible, but practically unfeasible.
Maybe you know this, maybe you don't, but many of Ross Ulbricht's accounts, Silk Road's founder (very famous dark web drug marketplace), was caught thanks to this type of analysis, among other things. (they tied many different forums' accounts to a specific account and that specific account to him).
Not only is it real, it's actually rather easy to do in this day and age.

2. Intersectionality
By stacking your interest you get a smaller and smaller pool of users that it could be. Let's take this as an example: user1 likes leather crafting, he works out, plays the trombone, is gay and loves Murakami's books (imagine a much longer list). Now let's say user1 gets permabanned; a couple weeks later, wouldn't you know, user2 shows up and he likes pretty much the same things, and writes in a very similar way. User2 will be banned, too. Not only does this make logical sense, but that's pretty much how I got my permaban, and there's no reason to believe that Reddit was monitoring me more than anybody else.

3. Your email IS tied to you in some way
It's very hard to create an email that isn't tied to you in some way that Reddit will accept. It wasn't like this before, but now it's pretty much impossible: you'll have to insert your phone number somewhere, or use an email as verification and THAT email is tied to you in some way. I know there are some sites that allow you to create an email without phone number or verification email, but Reddit doesn't accept those.

4. You can't use Tor, really
You could, but based on what I've just said, it wouldn't really change much, they'd still know who you are even if you're pretending to be Finnish. Also, it's very easy to know if you're using Tor or not, and they pay extra attention to Tor users.

TL;DR
True anonymity is almost impossible even theoretically, and on Reddit it's impossible for many reasons, especially if you use it like you were before the permaban. Basically, unless you turn into a completely different person, it's not gonna happen.

1 and 2. it doesnt correlate to reddit, it was the police who caught him with that stuff. you know how much processing power it takes do do that? and it would be for every user no less, not just finding 1 dude.

3. i registered with a random email that i made a year ago in a site that makes random emails that last for 10 minutes. that email was lost the next 10 minutes i after i used it. my other previous accounts were the same

4. the moment you clear your cookies and change your IP reddit has no idea who you are.

TLDR: what you say its possible but it cost a ton of resources and money for something that reddit doenst give a shit. so to make a new account just clear the cookies and reset the reouter to get a new ip. if you are using a mobile phone, clear the reddit app data and try disconnecting from the internet for 10 minutes.

 

[Higurashi415]

I think you're totally overestimating them. First, is there any source that says they're using global-wide linguistic forensics (like they caught the unabomber) AI tool to discriminate one single person writing style compared to millions of other users that use a very similar style?

Every social media platform uses global-wide linguistic forensics tools. Wouldn't call them AI necessarily, but that's a matter of definition.

As for 2, I had no issue evading a ban from a subreddit. I did use AI to write my posts on the new account though. Now if you have 1000 unique interests and you also disclose them on your alt account, then I guess they could establish with a high degree of probability that you are the same user. I think it should not be an issue if you are just not batantly obvious

We're talking about a permaban from Reddit, not a subreddit. Bans on specific subreddits are enforced by regular users like you and me, manually, whereas a permaban/ban in general from Reddit is enforced by Reddit itself, that's why they're allowed to read your DMs and can easily do some factor analysis on your interests and the way you type. It's not rocket science, and it's in their ToS, albeit this last part not so explicitly stated.

3) Do you think that if you signup to a Proton.me account or even Gmail, they have some agreement between them and Reddit to disclose your personal data? (specially phone number)? This is extremely unlikely. But even if you were that paranoid, you could get another chip with a new number, then use that to get your new gmail account, then register in Reddit.

I have signed up to a Proton.me account and they still caught me. Granted, it may have been a mistake on my part that got me caught, I'll never know, but it's not as easy as it seems especially if you reiterate the precautions multiple times a day for weeks/months/years.
Using a new phone number would fix all problems related to the email (as far as Reddit is concerned, because your name and surname is required to activate a SIM in pretty much all countries, so it still is tied to you, but Reddit wouldn't know that)

4) Reddit might detect VPN/TOR usage and flag your account as suspicious. You can just call your ISP and get yourself a new IP, or use Reddit from your phone with 5G as you have dynamic IP addresses. Obviously clear your cache/cookies first. Preferably use another browser

Reddit WILL detect Tor usage and is very hostile to it. Shadowbans, increase CAPTCHA challenges (which are ridiculously slow to do when using Tor on Reddit due to how they route traffic), and all of the above issues still remain

So I'm sorry to disagree but anonimity is perfectly possible if you take the necessary steps and be cautious. You need some tech knowledge though, in order to know what an IP address is, what cookies are, browser fingerprinting, avoid joining the exact same subreddits you were before you was banned, etc.
This is some advice from IA. It seems reasonable to me

Don't excuse yourself for disagreeing, it's fine ;)
All of my Network Systems and Security professors agree that anonymity is not possible, and for very good reason. I don't believe they're right, I'm 100% sure they're right. Again, your mileage may vary depending on why exactly you got banned in the first place, as using computational power on someone that insults people randomly, for instance, would be a waste. Also, again, getting banned from a singular subreddit is a completely different ballgame, because it isn't reddit itself that deals with it. There are a lot of things that happen under the hood in the backend that make it extremely difficult to be anonymous, especially because servers are usually shared and data leaks happen all the time, even if you did everything perfectly it wouldn't be enough.

i just got a vpn and cleaned the cache and cookies, and i heavily post and comment on the subs i was banned, i didn't change how i type its been more than 5 months since my ban

We're talking about being permabanned from Reddit, not a specific subreddit. Subreddit moderators can only access public data, in other words stuff you can see by randomly clicking on a webpage. You're safe even you don't use a VPN

 

[bananaolympus]

We're talking about being permabanned from Reddit, not a specific subreddit. Subreddit moderators can only access public data, in other words stuff you can see by randomly clicking on a webpage. You're safe even you don't use a VPN

i was perma banned from all reddit for ban evasion in 3 of my accounts i had yet only took a new account a vpn and clearing cookies and cache and ta-da still commenting and posting on the specific subreddits who banned me

 

[galaxid]

All of my Network Systems and Security professors agree that anonymity is not possible, and for very good reason. I don't believe they're right, I'm 100% sure they're right.

Honestly agreed.

I think its short-sighted to assume these companies, which have way more money, influence, and brainpower behind that sort of thing, can't detect if someone is evading a ban. Not sure how much Reddit itself is worth, but they're 'for-profit' and if the bottom line includes 'don't let banned users come back', that's what they're going to throw their weight behind.

I'd also like to add that connecting the dots isn't as difficult as it may seem. People have been doxxing others on the internet for ages without having access to linguistic models or AI. All it takes is one lead, and the more information you have to work with, the less time it takes.

I would say it might be possible to be truly anonymous. For about five seconds. If you've never had a social media account, posted a picture of yourself online, had your name listed on a school website or something. Obviously people slip through the cracks, but harvesting the data of users is how sites like Reddit make their money-- they have a vested interest in keeping tabs on the people who use their service.

 

[NitrogenAfternoon]

I just made a new email and created the account on my PC and it circumvents the ban every time. It just takes a few posts to get past the shadow ban.

I would get banned for the most ridiculous things too. My entire account got banned after I got banned from r/suicidewatch for telling someone not to drink anti-freeze and that there are far more peaceful methods that exist. I've realized I spent way too much time on it anyways.

 

[rs929]

All of my Network Systems and Security professors agree that anonymity is not possible, and for very good reason. I don't believe they're right, I'm 100% sure they're right

I'm curious how we still don't know who Satoshi Nakamoto is then.

 

[Higurashi415]

I'm curious how we still don't know who Satoshi Nakamoto is then.

Pseudonymity and anonymity are not the same. Anonymity would mean that we couldn't even confirm that these actions belong to the same person, and we definitely can, which is why you brought up his pseudonym and I instantly knew a series of actions he performed.
Even then, we don't know who he is yet--and publicly, that is. If you think he's anonymous, try proving it.

 

[NoMoreSanity]

I'm also banned on reddit.....for similar reasons. I hate reddit though and most people on there are prices of shit. Even those who are concerned with the suffering of the world are complete assholes