After getting randomly banned on a subreddit (without breaking any of the rules) and accidentally posting on there with a different account, Reddit permanently banned me from their site. Appealing the ban didn’t work.
Now, as soon as I create a new Reddit account it gets automatically suspended either immediately or after a few minutes to sometimes hours.
I assume many on Lemmy face similar situations and also switched to Lemmy because of a similar reason and they might also wonder how to bypass such a ban.
It seems like Reddit is using advanced fingerprinting since normal methods such as switching VPN, deleting and re-installing the browser/Reddit mobile app (including all associated data) and changing email doesn’t work.
I’m not skilled enough and don’t really have any “hacker knowledge” to bypass the ban. After extensive research I couldn’t find a better solution than getting a new device or formatting the whole device.
I assume there must be a better way of changing ones fingerprint without just fully formatting the devices. Maybe it could work by changing the MAC address or something?
My goal is to not have a complicated way of accessing Reddit and resolving the issue in a way that one can access it completely normally again like in my case with the Chrome/Edge browser on Windows, Safari on Mac, and the Reddit app on Android.
Maybe someone has the knowledge here to help with this.
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walk away from reddit. try to find a similar community to whatever it was you lost, here. if not, make one! if that fails. get a new device, and only use reddit when you’re away from your usual internet networks.
but seriously, its easier to just walk away from reddit. reddit is an echo chamber of extremism and hopeless cluenessness. on all ends of the spectrum.
The same thing happened to me and I largely stopped caring after I discovered Lemmy. its been a lot better for my mental health too.
No, you’re not the first to ask, and the answer is usually “Good. Maybe you could use more time away from Reddit.”
Seriously, just walk away from Reddit. You will feel better.
You were a horrible little troll and got your comeuppance. Enjoy your ban.
Exactly.
He wasn’t banned for no reason. Every banned user says that and then a mod will show a ton of very offensive behaviour.
You’ve posted this to a lot of communities that understandably don’t care for this topic. Here are where you should actually post your question !reddit@lemmy.world or !reddit@lemmy.ml
Nah, we’ll say the same thing there.
Well it at least frees people who don’t subscribe to the Reddit communities
I assume many on Lemmy face similar situations and also switched to Lemmy because of a similar reason I don’t know that I’ve actually seen someone admit that they’re on Lemmy because they were banned from Reddit.
Most people just don’t like Reddit for some reason or another. Pretty sure Lemmy as a whole gained a lot of population when Reddit did their API changes- that’s when I joined Lemmy. I used Baconreader for years, and I refused to swap to their dogshit mobile app.
Yeah, I could be on Reddit all day if I wanted to… I don’t want to, it’s radioactive at this point. Might as well go frolicking in the dump.
I’m not banned from Reddit. I deleted that shit and suggest you do the same.
Take it on the chin like a champ and move on. Reddit is for simps and posers anyway
We need more people here, so just have some fun with us.
Same shit happened to me it’s why I’m here, ended up being banned on even my 3 year old account… As far as I reckon it’s a device ban,so if you really want to keep using reddit try it on a different phone or computer Although I’d love if someone figured it out how exactly it works because I kept getting shadowbanned as well
When I got banned I tried to create a new account several times and used up several clever usernames which were immediately banned. So I gave up on having a Reddit account. Several months later I decided to try again, this time with a username that was just a random string of digits and using a brand-new browser. I think I was on a cellular connection instead of my home internet when I created the new account. For whatever reason it worked that time. Maybe the fingerprinting isn’t as effective if you haven’t logged into Reddit for several months?