Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.
msprout@lemmy.world 7 hours agoI got banned after 15 years for asking why we can’t organize to cyberbully Trump’s current head of social media: en.wikipedia.org/…/Steven_Cheung_(political_advis…
This was in response to the White House calling Garcia a terrorist on their Twitter account.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I was ahead of the curve, and got permabanned in October 2024 for Promoting violence when I said “If a president decided to betray America’s allies, and start directley helping Russia in its wars of conquest, America would probably end up with a dead president”
They basically told me to fuck off on my appeal, and I have since been Hardware banned from my main PC and my work PC, I still want to go back for some of the niche communities that havent emigrated over here yet, but I really cant be bothered to go and fire up a 8 year old laptop or something just for fucking reddit. its a cesspit and getting banned is largely a blessing in disguise.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Since when does reddit take a hash of your hardware?
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
that part of my statement wasnt based in anything I know for certain, I see it mentioned a lot, I know they’re doing something with algorithms that auto-ban suspected accounts,
I wouldnt put it past them however. while I think my phone is comprimised anyway and unsuitable for going back to Reddit, I know that one way to get hardware id’d for good. is by installing that stupid reddit app, which I wont do ever
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 28 minutes ago
They absolutely get your IP and probably some cookie data saved on your computer. Not sure about phones, those are privacy nightmares. I got tagged for trying to get around an IP ban on a sub, so they absolutely track that. Cleared all cookies and trackers, unplugged my modem for a few hours so my ISP would issue a new IP, and once I verified that I had a new IP I was able to use the sub under a different account.
SpaceShort@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
There’s a reason why most of the people still there and ostensibly on the left are doomers. Reddit won’t tolerate anyone else. This also has the effect of encouraging more people to become doomers and not take any action.