2d ago

I have tried everything and I still cannot bypass my IP ban

I made a post previously about this issue but I wanted to do an update of sorts and see if there is anything new I can do.

Basically about a month ago I got banned off the platform. I do not know why, and they never gave me a reason, no matter how many times I contacted Reddit support, and all appeals were rejected. I can only assume that someone in my apartment got banned and it picked me up too since we share an IP or something. I have since made a few dozen accounts in attempt to dodge this ban and nothing works.

I have gone as far as booting up an old laptop which I haven't used in 3 years, downloading a virtual machine and running Xubuntu through it, connecting to a VPN on both the laptop and the virtual machine, opening up Reddit in Firefox's incognito mode, making a new account through a Tempmail email, and waiting 2 days before commenting on a post to make sure I didn't get flagged as a bot.

Lo and behold, the second I posted that comment, my avatar in the top right disappeared, the page kept telling me I had a server error, and when I looked at my account in another browser, at had told me it had been suspended.

Quite honestly I can't think of a single other thing I could do. Even after all of those steps taken, Reddit was instantaneously able to track me right back to my other accounts. Is there literally anything I can possibly do to ever post on this platform again?

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The besr time to leave Reddit was 2023, the second best time is now.
- I'm trying to get banned, but only subs so far
  
  Have you tried giving a reasonable counter point to a fascist promoter? That should work nicely
  
  Are we all going to club penguin Reddit?

I guess you can't use Reddit anymore. Oh well. You'll be fine.

Sorry this happened to you. The Reddit we loved is evidently being intentionally reduced to yet another reactionary / fascist echo chamber, like Xitter.
I don’t know if Reddit’s board are just enthusiastic regime toadies, or if the regime has leverage over CEO u/spez Huffman in connection with his tenure as r/Jailbait mod. Either way, it’s not going back, so fediverse is the way forward.

Reddit bans people for using a VPN, so you might have been banned for that and not tracked back to your original account. Get a residential VPN/Proxy, they are usually a bit pricier than the normal ones, or just go to a friend's house and use their IP to register.
Not that it will help in the long run. Their AI is running rampant. If it doesn't ban you for this, it will ban you for that, or for a myriad of other "reasons".
- So would it be a better strategy to keep going with the old laptop and virtual machine, but like unplug my router and force my IP to change instead of a VPN? Also, if I make my account at a different location, but return home and sign onto it from there, will Reddit still pick that up? Because if that's the case, will just every account that ever enters my home be instantly banned?
  
  Get a new IP that's unrelated to your home and unrelated to a non-residential VPN service, and purge your browser's data. Keeping the old laptop should be fine, I think.
  if I make my account at a different location, but return home and sign onto it from there, will Reddit still pick that up?
  No idea, but that wouldn't surprise me.

"this guy is trying too hard, must be a banned user"
Try to find some Lan House (there should still be a couple of them around) and make an account from there.
- What is a Lan House?
  
  Like a Café with computers you can use. Some countries also have computers available in libraries.
  
  A place where you can rent a PC. Any regular internet cafe or a public library should work too.

Do you live in the European Union? If so, you should have access to an effective internal complaints system and the ability to appeal to an independent arbitrator.
- No I'm in the US. I've sent in an email to Reddit support asking why my original account got banned. Is there anything perhaps in the US similar to what you mentioned that could help even get me unbanned?
  
  Oh I’m from the US too. I was banned for supposedly inciting violence. Absolute horseshit.

For mobile:
Use a VPN (different from the one if currently using)
Get a new phone
Switch from Google to Apple or vice versa (all accounts)
Write and post in a different writing style
Visit very few of the same subs from previous accounts
Get a new ISP
- Most Americans don’t get to choose their ISP.
  
  It's hit or miss based on location
  I'm surprised that nowadays we have a choice of several in our small-ish midwestern town
- Ok so in other words it would cost hundreds or thousands of dollars
  
  Yes. Spend money and stop interacting with reddit like yourself, forever.
  ...or, just let it go and move on with your life

It is probably more your OS fingerprint. Use a useragent switcher and see if that helps.
At some point though you have to wonder if that is even worth it. Best of luck!
- They ran a VM

To confirm, you are using a VPN and on top of a VPN you are using tor? if you are not using Tor, then yeah use that in combination with a vpn. Try Tor.
- I tried Tor once however I did not use a VPN on top of it, would this combination work a lot better?
  
  It should offer extra protection. If they can still block you by ip you might need a completely new device. and possibly even a new network. If not even Tor and VPN combined does not work.

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