both, but they also look for other things, like your browser fingerprinting, your device components, browser versions, or whatever method to hide your IP.
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they also trust google emails more.
reddit is immune to most VPN, you would have to use a mobile proxy that is rotatable, but you have to pay for these, and use anti-detect browser, and a new device. this is not advisable, as the people using these methods are using it to earn a income, so they can afford also because they have to have hundreds if not more accounts at once.
they also look at location, time zone, your components, browser version, they look for other things in the setup above, if you arnt doing it correctly.
they probably hit a wall on what they can profit from innovation, AI seems to be thier only goals right now.
steal thier content than ban them without reason, like they have been doing.
now reddits AI moderation is banning almost anyone, even if you arnt commenting at the moment, your sudden change in ip, or browser can trigger a shadowban, as well as browser fingerprinting posting behavior. of course there is a bias in the filter when dealing propaganda bots though, they arnt too keen of curtailing that.
hence why they also banned facebook as a word, because fb also use facial recognition to verify users. they went backwards in censorship and did RS level censorship.
palintir bots are also making headways into the site.
i dint even know reddit existed til 2014ish.
Also when the afrikanners arrived, charities refused to help them settle, yes charities are largely responsible for refugees from other countries.
kungfu is chinese, karate is japanese.
VPN ISnt useful for most social media, you would have to use proxies, which i learened from another forum you have to use a specific type, and a setup of other things like new device, a anti-detect browsers. doesnt seem worth it. the other way would be using a new device and new IP(like from a new location that isnt flagged), and you can only use it on that new location. reddit is too aware of VPN for it to be useful. the other methods arnt fullproof either, because reddit keeps changing thier moderaiton tools to catch evaders even better.