So from what I can tell, Reddit picks up on stuff like IP, but they also look at screen size and your browser too.

It’s easy enough to botch the latter two, but it’s tough getting a new IP. The issue is that when I use any free VPNs, they presumably have a crap ton of traffic going through them already, and I think Reddit has probably blacklisted most of them.

Has anyone on here had success with a paid, higher quality VPN? I’m not power user or anything, so honestly if just getting like a free trial for Nord or Surfshark or something would allow me to make a couple posts every now and then, that would be spectacular.

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      I’m just speculating, but I think most people here have put Reddit behind them. I doubt they’re interested in helping people stay shackled to that garage place…

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      He calls Nord of all things high quality which by it self deserves a downvote. YouTube bait VPNs have become a major fucking problem.

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    Having successfully done this here’s how it works. I used a VPN that was part of my antivirus subscription. It came with it without additional charge. This antivirus sub also comes with their own browser which I had never used before. If you are using a browser that you had previously used for reddit - make sure you have deleted all reddit cookies, make sure you have deleted any reddit browser extensions. And make sure you have deleted all reddit passwords that may be saved by that browser. Use an email for confirmation that you have never used before for reddit. This works, but if you ever try to access reddit via your phone or without using the VPN you will be banned for ban evasion.

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    try TorBrowser, it might defeat the fingerprinting. as for the VPN, try Azire. they’re cheap and reliable

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      I’ve tried Tor and unfortunately I’ve found that out of all the methods, it unfortunately gets me banned instantaneously the most frequently. I’ll definitely have to try Azire though, it has a free trial too

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    Might work if you spring for the custom feature where you get your own unique IP. But Redfin will recognize VPN IPs

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      They IP ban you. My permaban was for signing in on public Wi-Fi, which made it think I was evading someone else’s ban.

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    I doubt it, Nord VPN IP ranges are very well known.

    Higher quality VPN won’t really help, basically any VPN service is easy for reddit to detect.