Anyone know how reddit detects fake account?

The Undefined said:
I used to bot Reddit alot, both through their APIs and using Selenium + Custom built chrome instance (that I could mess with some of the aspects of browser which you cannot override easily).

Based on my experience:
API is straight forward, the user agent line and the places you interact with + IP address.
Desktop: a combination of IP (first layer identification) + places you interact with (not a magic AI thing, mostly from reports of users) + screen depth/ram/cpu model + user agent (specially if it doesn't match with the rest of the request, e.g. you say you're on windows but your navigator.platform says MacIntel) + canvas/webgl fingerprint + plugin list (which is kinda deprecated at the moment)

On top of that I haven't seen audio fingerprinting on reddit so don't bother cracking that.

But if you're a normal user (not a spammer per se), create the account on mobile, use a gmail, and mobile data. Then move to VPN after you get some Karma.
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+1 to this suggestion. Very stable process.
 
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This is everything they are checking for when you login and use reddit.
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There are many detection vectors. No one will be able to help you here. You will need to isolate each vector and test one by one to find out what is being detected.
 
Lady-Smut said:
(nb: I still believe reddit is the absolute worst social media platform available but I'm stuck needing to use it)

I've been using VPNs and changing browser signatures. Sometimes, I'll even change devices.

I have ONE account that seems to get flagged each time that I use it. Each time it gets nailed... I create a new one and it gets nailed too.

The other dozen accounts are fine. It's only this one account and everything that replaces it.
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Nobody knows for a fact other than Reddit. Some people do everything they can to remain stealth and still get banned. I do nothing and don't get banned. Nobody knows. There's probably a few red flags that gets reddit's attention. How you use your account. How you use your account during the first days of membership. What type of subreddits you're the most active in. What country is your IP from. Whether or not you're using tools typically used for hiding your identity, such as anonymous browsers. Yes, these browsers can often be detected. They hide very well who you are, but they aren't so good at hiding the fact that they're hiding something.

However, i will say this: Most of the time i see people complaining they got banned, it's because they actually did something that made it obvious they're spammers. Just ask anyone who got banned to show you their activity and i guarantee you 90% of the time it's an obvious scammer.

To illustrate this, not too long ago a guy posted a thread here crying about always getting banned. He said he does everything correctly to protect his identity. However, when he shared his profile, in his bio he had the link for his OF, and as an avatar he had the pic of a model. This is stupid behavior that will get you banned. You cannot act like this and pretend you did nothing.
 
It all depends on how you work on Reddit, in any case it is best to always use a residential IP per account + a good anti-detect browser and then do trial and error until you find how to circumvent the algorithm.
 
TheSplinter said:
Nobody knows for a fact other than Reddit. Some people do everything they can to remain stealth and still get banned. I do nothing and don't get banned. Nobody knows. There's probably a few red flags that gets reddit's attention. How you use your account. How you use your account during the first days of membership. What type of subreddits you're the most active in. What country is your IP from. Whether or not you're using tools typically used for hiding your identity, such as anonymous browsers. Yes, these browsers can often be detected. They hide very well who you are, but they aren't so good at hiding the fact that they're hiding something.

However, i will say this: Most of the time i see people complaining they got banned, it's because they actually did something that made it obvious they're spammers. Just ask anyone who got banned to show you their activity and i guarantee you 90% of the time it's an obvious scammer.

To illustrate this, not too long ago a guy posted a thread here crying about always getting banned. He said he does everything correctly to protect his identity. However, when he shared his profile, in his bio he had the link for his OF, and as an avatar he had the pic of a model. This is stupid behavior that will get you banned. You cannot act like this and pretend you did nothing.
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This member is banned. So replying to them like that is frivolous.
 
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