jasondenzer
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- Nov 11, 2015
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I've seen a lot of posts about this topic so I'll share my tips. You're on Reddit. You use a good 4G or residential proxy alongside an anti-fingerprint browser. You triple check to ensure the proxy quality is as high as it gets. Not to mention manually with no bots whatsoever. Yet for some reason your account has been shadowbanned after just one post. You even purchased an 'aged' account yet that made little to no difference. Or better yet somehow you were spent almost an hour every day scrolling and upvoting to no avail. What went wrong? Well, I'm about to share you a few things you're doing wrong and how you can avoid it.
1. Your post or comment got removed. New accounts or empty aged accounts are EXTREMELY volatile. All it takes is just ONE removed comment or post and your account becomes toast. Even an automoderator that removed it, still triggers the Reddit shadowban algorithm. I don't know the age/karma threshold of an account where a single removed comment/post will not trigger Reddit's autoban system. I have tested old accounts with a ton of comment history have their comments removed on lots of subreddits while using a datacenter proxy yet still did not trigger shadowban.
2. You posted or commented in a subreddit that has a CQS requirement. Failing to meet that requirement = removed which lead to potential shadowbans. A lot of subreddits have a CQS requirement. CQS means Contributive Quality Score. This is a system that rates an account by it's quality. There are many factors but the most important are IP quality, IP change frequency, comment karma, activeness in commenting, email verification, account age, etc. It is very hard to tell what exactly changes CQS. Most accounts start off at LOWEST for CQS. Some fresh accounts start at LOW. You don't need a HIGH CQS. Most subreddits filter accounts with LOWEST for CQS. Some filter out LOW CQS too. It's worth noting that CQS is site-wide. You can read more about it on the official Reddit announcement. There is no way to check CQS through your profile. However, many random subreddits have CQS checkers by commenting/posting. Most notably r/WhatismyCQS is used. Otherwise you can make your own private subreddit and configure automoderator to check CQS. It's worth noting that CQS can decrease by not commenting for a few days. Additionally, some subreddits may also add karma requirements, usually comment karma. However, most subreddits filter by CQS. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing the overall subreddit's requirement. You would have to test with a fresh 1 day old dummy account to find out its requirements. If the post/comment sticks after 3 minutes, then there is no requirement whatsoever.
3. You prioritize posts > comments. Reddit values comments way more than posts. That's why many subreddits that have a karma requirement will typically require only comment karma. In fact, CQS is often gained through consistent comment karma. I have a 3 year old account with 20k post karma yet only 100 comment karma. My CQS on that fluxes between LOWEST and LOW. On the other hand, I have a 100 post/500 comment karma account with MODERATE to HIGH CQS. Many subreddits will allow fresh accounts to write a comment but not post. Comment karma is king. Having many posts in a short period of time may trigger Reddit's shadowban algorithm. Yet for comments, it's a bit more lenient.
4. You deleted posts/comments. I've taken some notice that deleting comments and posts too frequently while it's new may trigger shadowban. I know for a fact constantly deleting tends to reduce overall CQS. Though I don't know too much about this so I'll test a dummy account by commenting 10 times then deleting it a few days later.
With all that being said my guideline for account warming is just build your comment karma by picking a subreddit with no requirements whatsoever. You don't have to wait a few days to start commenting. You can do it in as little as 1 hour. Just try your best not to get anything removed.
Now I've only started this whole Reddit account warming process 2 weeks ago but those are my observations. I'm sure there will be more things to test for what triggers autobans. None of those accounts are intended for link sharing or OFM purposes. I mention a lot of CQS but I don't know the full algorithm on how to increase CQS quickly. Maybe I'll do another thread discussing total CQS.
1. Your post or comment got removed. New accounts or empty aged accounts are EXTREMELY volatile. All it takes is just ONE removed comment or post and your account becomes toast. Even an automoderator that removed it, still triggers the Reddit shadowban algorithm. I don't know the age/karma threshold of an account where a single removed comment/post will not trigger Reddit's autoban system. I have tested old accounts with a ton of comment history have their comments removed on lots of subreddits while using a datacenter proxy yet still did not trigger shadowban.
2. You posted or commented in a subreddit that has a CQS requirement. Failing to meet that requirement = removed which lead to potential shadowbans. A lot of subreddits have a CQS requirement. CQS means Contributive Quality Score. This is a system that rates an account by it's quality. There are many factors but the most important are IP quality, IP change frequency, comment karma, activeness in commenting, email verification, account age, etc. It is very hard to tell what exactly changes CQS. Most accounts start off at LOWEST for CQS. Some fresh accounts start at LOW. You don't need a HIGH CQS. Most subreddits filter accounts with LOWEST for CQS. Some filter out LOW CQS too. It's worth noting that CQS is site-wide. You can read more about it on the official Reddit announcement. There is no way to check CQS through your profile. However, many random subreddits have CQS checkers by commenting/posting. Most notably r/WhatismyCQS is used. Otherwise you can make your own private subreddit and configure automoderator to check CQS. It's worth noting that CQS can decrease by not commenting for a few days. Additionally, some subreddits may also add karma requirements, usually comment karma. However, most subreddits filter by CQS. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing the overall subreddit's requirement. You would have to test with a fresh 1 day old dummy account to find out its requirements. If the post/comment sticks after 3 minutes, then there is no requirement whatsoever.
3. You prioritize posts > comments. Reddit values comments way more than posts. That's why many subreddits that have a karma requirement will typically require only comment karma. In fact, CQS is often gained through consistent comment karma. I have a 3 year old account with 20k post karma yet only 100 comment karma. My CQS on that fluxes between LOWEST and LOW. On the other hand, I have a 100 post/500 comment karma account with MODERATE to HIGH CQS. Many subreddits will allow fresh accounts to write a comment but not post. Comment karma is king. Having many posts in a short period of time may trigger Reddit's shadowban algorithm. Yet for comments, it's a bit more lenient.
4. You deleted posts/comments. I've taken some notice that deleting comments and posts too frequently while it's new may trigger shadowban. I know for a fact constantly deleting tends to reduce overall CQS. Though I don't know too much about this so I'll test a dummy account by commenting 10 times then deleting it a few days later.
With all that being said my guideline for account warming is just build your comment karma by picking a subreddit with no requirements whatsoever. You don't have to wait a few days to start commenting. You can do it in as little as 1 hour. Just try your best not to get anything removed.
Now I've only started this whole Reddit account warming process 2 weeks ago but those are my observations. I'm sure there will be more things to test for what triggers autobans. None of those accounts are intended for link sharing or OFM purposes. I mention a lot of CQS but I don't know the full algorithm on how to increase CQS quickly. Maybe I'll do another thread discussing total CQS.
