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Why is it harder to evade a subreddit ban than a sitewide suspension? (lemmy.ml)
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I am not advocating for ban evasion.

Reddit has implemented a powerful ban evasion filter that catches ban evaders who use alternate accounts to post on a subreddit they were banned from. Though, the same cannot be said for sitewide suspensions. While simply using a fingerprinting-blocking browser that deletes cookies every time you close the browser, you can circumvent a sitewide suspension, but evading a subreddit ban seems impossible.

So why does Reddit prevent circumventing a subreddit ban while they are okay with sitewide suspension evasions? Don't get me wrong, I respect Reddit for not being too punishing to its users, but it still feels weird that they gave moderators so much power while administrators don't use it at all. Mind explaining their choices?

Again, I am not advocating for ban evasion, and please do not circumvent a ban.

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[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I respect Reddit

That’s not something you hear very often lately.

[–] FirstMajesticComet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

OP it's not difficult at all, you're just doing it wrong. Keep the fingerprint blocking browser but put it on a proxy or VPN network to remove IP address associations, or to just use Tor.

Tor is simpler and has redundancies and features that make tracking incredibly difficult, not impossible (don't use it to commit crimes) but essentially impossible for someone like Reddit. Funnily enough they actually indirectly endorse this since they actually have their own onion site, which is hilarious but also convenient.

As for why they do it that way, I'm not really sure. The idea of "ban evasion" policies seems pretty laughable in my opinion more like they're asking nicely not to do it. It's even more laughable since they handed the bypass tools to us on a silver platter by allowing us to access Reddit without even touching an exit node via their onion site. It's really strange of them.