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[–][deleted] 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I guess my point is: don't assume if you make a new account on reddit, that they won't be able to find your old account and doxx you, harass you, ban you-- because obviously they're keeping track of who we are. I wouldn't recommend going back there anyway, and I have no plans on doing so, but I thought I'd mention this just in case anyone needs to read it.

[–]Realwoman 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

What if you never used an email with the account?

[–]christine_grab 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Back before emails were not required, I never gave Reddit my email address. I'd made several accounts back then. I got emails from Reddit to the email address that I never gave them, notifying me that someone was trying to re-activate these accounts and I needed to log in to stop them. I figured it was some kind of trap tp confirm my identity and never responded to them.

[–]Realwoman 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Are emails required now? They weren't a few weeks ago, although you had to go through the desktop site to register without an email. Anyway, I just created a throwaway email address for reddit.

[–]christine_grab 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They were required for at least a couple of years, and I am surprised that they took that requirement away. Allegedly, the reason for needing an email address was to cut down on bots.

[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

LOL. Yet they had tons of trolls and repeat ban evaders despite the email requirement.