That’s such a good point. It quite honestly really feels like the entirety of Reddit is run by a single AI that does not give a fuck about any of its users. It honestly feels like the most corrupt and anti-consumer social media one can use right now

I’ve been able to submit emails to them through a report form but they have never responded to them

No I’m in the US. I’ve sent in an email to Reddit support asking why my original account got banned. Is there anything perhaps in the US similar to what you mentioned that could help even get me unbanned?

Ok so in other words it would cost hundreds or thousands of dollars

So would it be a better strategy to keep going with the old laptop and virtual machine, but like unplug my router and force my IP to change instead of a VPN? Also, if I make my account at a different location, but return home and sign onto it from there, will Reddit still pick that up? Because if that’s the case, will just every account that ever enters my home be instantly banned?

What is a Lan House?

I don’t understand why they ban with such insane scrutiny. There are people on major platforms like YouTube that continue to make money even after dodging bans, and yet Reddit seemingly has like the most heavily enforced ban system on the internet for a website that is literally for shitposting and asking for advice.

I had my very first post falsely flagged for being fake and taken down by mods which probably led to that first permaban. Also, I don’t know if there’s a difference in like IPs or whatnot, because I checked and both virtual machines I made had different IPs that were on different sides of the country. Do they both still belong to the same ‘house IP’?

So I actually took this advice and did exactly that. Booted up VirtualBox and ran an Ubuntu client and made my Reddit account and it got banned within 5 hours. Now every other account I make on any other virtual machine, regardless of operating system gets banned within an hour

Yeah it really is an awful cycle. The issue is though that there really are no alternatives. I mean I made an account on here because it’s the closest thing, but let’s be real, it doesn’t even come close.

Especially in the world of gaming and technical questions, literally no site can even remotely compete with Reddit, so I feel like I have zero other options, and instead need to spend hours upon hours making dozens of accounts and finding new ways to bypass their bans because obviously they have various methods in place to ensure that like entire devices, wifi networks, and IPs are banned

It’s kinda bullshit though that I was banned out of nowhere, not given a reason whatsoever, and now they seriously just expect me to throw my hands up and never step foot on the platform again