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Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by invalidusernam3 »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #45

People shit on facebook but honestly how reddit is still pushing that redesign is unfathomable.

If it wasn't for the Apollo reddit client I would have stopped using reddit a long time ago. I used to use it mostly in the browser on my laptop/desktop, but it has become unusable even when using old.reddit.com (and plugins to force old.reddit.com).

I now only use it as an app on my phone which has ruined a lot of the conversation because it's far more cumbersome to type on mobile, as well as stuff like switching between browser/reddit to copy a link or quote something on the web is a pain on mobile.

I'm surprised there isn't a growing competitor to reddit at this point (that I know of)

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by exikyut »

dragonwriter wrote: post #40
Monotoko wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't you do a captcha with the WAF? I'm pretty sure that's an option on AWS

> Can't you do a captcha with the WAF? I'm pretty sure that's an option on AWS You can. I know because our information security office did it to all of our web endpoints. Which are mostly API endpoints. Without telling anyone involved with individual apps, before or even, until specific complaints got to them, after doing it.

*Large rueful sigh*

I feel your pain. It's stuff like that that just makes you know, they not only have no idea what they're doing, the level of agency and access they have mean it's just a question of when they finally accidentally something big on fire one day - and whether you'll be able to make it out unscathed with eg just some lost sleep.

Would probably make a good story for http://old.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport, as you're probably already aware. If you feel like (and can stand) writing it (heh).

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by ehnto »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #45

People shit on facebook but honestly how reddit is still pushing that redesign is unfathomable.

If old.reddit.com ever stops working that would be my cue to exit. The redesign is a case study in user hostile design and unusability.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by netfortius »

bibinou wrote: post #47
netfortius wrote: post #2

Found this BS, in dire contradiction with my test: https://reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/search?filter_by=knowledge_b...

this article talks about being locked for security reasons, not banned (suspended).

Which the more so infers VPN not suspension driving...

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by [deleted] »

segfaultbuserr wrote: post #39

It's how the Reddit spam filter works. Once your account is flagged as spam by the system, it would be global shadowbanned automacially. At this stage, your account is essentially finished, it's basically impossible to talk to someone and get your account unblocked. Eventually the account would be deleted, all the post you've ever made would also be gone in the worst-case scenario, just like my previous account. My R…

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Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by burntoutfire »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #45

People shit on facebook but honestly how reddit is still pushing that redesign is unfathomable.

The redesign has one major advantage from their point of view (which I suspect was the reason behind it in the first place) - the individual posts on main screen now take up much more screen space. This allows to seamlessly insert fairly large ads masquaraded as posts, which wasn't possible with the old design.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by znpy »

The interesting takeaway here should be that if you want to take down somebody's reddit account, getting them to use your wifi access point while routing traffic through some of the cited vpns is enough.

And you would never be discovered... Just blame it on reddit!

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by code_duck »

I periodically delete reddit accounts and start new ones, mainly to preserve anonymity and prevent harassment. 1 in 3 accounts I start are shadowbanned from the start for no apparent reason at all. I’ve never used a VPN. Same IPs and devices each time with no attempts at obfuscation or any activity that would reasonably seem suspicious.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage

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Post by DavideNL »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #45

People shit on facebook but honestly how reddit is still pushing that redesign is unfathomable.

https://old.reddit.com/

On Firefox, use Old Reddit Redirect: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re...

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