Reddit removed 6% of all posts made last year

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[–]madcow-5 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Not surprising. Last year, early summer, was by far the biggest mass ban in reddit history. Multiple people I know of had all their accounts perma suspended, even ones they made and never posted from.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Me. I'm not sure how they even found my accounts, I'm behind TOR all the time. Same story for a few other people I know. I didn't even get an explanation, just "breaking the rules" and when I asked what I did a very high up admin who spies on WRD all the time (I was a mod there) just told me to fuck off and don't even think about coming back.

[–]blowininthewind 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

scared me for a bit, but like other said reddit can still trace and ban your acccount if you're using TOR. but they can't find you IRL if you are careful enough not to use a compromised email.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

How can they connect your accounts with each other if they can't trace you irl? They've never been able to before and so far as I know no other website has either.

[–]blowininthewind 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

they can ban the specific account. otherwise, there are digital fingerprints and such.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I thought it was designed to not leave fingerprints?

Also, they even tracked accounts I made and only logged into on other peoples' networks, with their devices, so it can't be all fingerprinting. Somehow even the automatic mechanism was able to catch these. I don't see how it's possible unless they have access to some sort of advanced technology not announced to the public yet.

[–]blowininthewind 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

yeah tor is probably good for most fingerprinting methods. good call.