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.

  • stinky@redlemmy.com
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    2 days ago

    I was able to get around this by release/renewing my IP address and creating a new email. Getting a new IP may be as simple as turning your modem off overnight.

    But the risk will always be there. Personally I recommend not contributing any more time to Spez’s personal yacht finance club. Steal his stuff, sell it elsewhere, slander his name and make sure no one else joins him.

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      2 days ago

      The easiest way to get a different IP is to hotspot your phone (or just use your phone on mobile data).

      You’ll be behind a moving CGNAT address with a thousand other people.