Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 hours agoThey 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.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I tried something similar and even waited not hours but months before I even attempted to log in. My account would be fine but the moment I post I get shadowbanned.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Same account? Sure. New account? I’m surprised.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I’ve tried so many methods that ended in failure, I just gave up and learned to live without
different devices, AFAIK my work PC, personal desktop and both my old and new phone are probably comprmised somehow
tried using incognito mode, different browsers, coupled with different emails. even caved and tried a VPN,
always ended the same way. Make the account, and it gets shadowbanned as soon as I post. Even tried posting in completely different subs instead of the usual suspects.
until I commit to getting a burner laptop or some other device, they got me . I just dont care enough to go that extra step, its fucken reddit. the only thing reddit is good for is niche interest communities, hobbies, etc. the usual swill with News Politics and Sports is just blood pressure raising brainrot
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Bizarre. I didn’t have it that difficult.
Ah well, it’s reddit. I don’t use it anymore. Yeah, I miss some of the niche places, but not enough to put up with the rest of it. You’re here now, so time to grow lemmy!