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Creating an anonymous Reddit account without getting shadowbanned (self.privacy)

submitted 5 months ago by dreamy to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I sadly kinda need Reddit because it's the only place where I can talk to other Turkish LGBTQ+ people, and I need my account to be anonymous because of the recent developments in Turkey, where the majority government is about to propose a bill that will literally make publicly identifying as LGBTQ illegal.

Any comment I make in my current account just shows up as [removed] and my account doesn't even show up in redlib like it doesn't even exist. Can't send any DMs either, it just gives me a very vague error.

The way I first signed up was pretty suspicious tbh (Mullvad VPN + Browser and cock.li e-mail address). Is there a better way I could do this without sharing any PII?

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

They def do that. I think what happens is, you make the account in year X when their anti-bot rules are laxer. Act hangs around, works fine. Then more stricter rules roll out in year X+5 or w/e. You login again in year X+5, suddenly you're violating the new checks. Boom, sudden ban.

The fuckers. I get that services have to fight abuse. And that's getting harder b/c of AI bots. And political influence campaigns and shit. But the colateral damage is HUGE. Ppl like you are getting caught in the crossfire.

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[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago*

Since Reddit started preparing to file for the IPO it has really gone to shit. That is around the point I just gave up and went read-only. If you just want to find information RedReader is amazing. At least for the time being it is the absolute best way to browse Reddit privately. Even when the Reddit website blocks the IP of the VPN server I am using, RedReader is not affected for some reason.

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