r/ModSupport • u/idaroll • 1h ago

How seriously does Reddit take site-wide ban evasion?

Hello,

It has come to my attention that a few individuals who were banned site-wide on Reddit have returned using other accounts. One of these accounts is new, while the other is an older alternate account.

I reported both accounts: one over a month ago and the other more recently. I did receive a reply from an admin stating, “Thanks for reaching out, we'll take a look at this user's activity and take any necessary action.” about the older report. However, nothing appears to have happened to that account. In fact, the user has even been reinstated as a head moderator of some communities and doesn't seem to be particularly secretive about having created a new account.

This leaves me wondering how seriously Reddit takes site-wide ban evasion and whether these reports are actually investigated. Or can they simply return after some time (or right away I guess) and carry on using Reddit as if nothing happened?

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u/Winged-Mercury-777 1h ago

I don't know. All the Spam OF accounts seem to have zero issues creating and keeping new accounts active. I used to keep a spreadsheet and report them, but I gave up and let an app ban them. 

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u/russellvt 4m ago

See /r/TheseFuckingAccounts ... people there often seem to get a bit of traction. They also mass report them as "bot rings" and the like...