Anyone know how reddit detects fake account?

Lady-Smut · Nov 8, 2023

(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.

The Undefined · Nov 8, 2023

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.

Ray_ · Nov 8, 2023

They have a lot of user behavior data.
Nowdays, It's easy to segment bot from real users

Glenn.Quagmire · Nov 9, 2023

TheBlackDragon said:
They have a lot of user behavior data.
Nowdays, It's easy to segment bot from real users

In your opinion, do you think that mimicking a real user is still possible or not?

bonzo90 · Nov 9, 2023

are you using this accounts to spam or promote? It could just be users are manually flagging you.

Lady-Smut · Nov 9, 2023

bonzo90 said:
are you using this accounts to spam or promote? It could just be users are manually flagging you.

Obviously, I try to mimic being real user. So, I like and post positive comments on shyte that I have zero interest in.

But, when I'm not engaging in the useless crap and noise... I'm promoting.

TechEinstien · Nov 9, 2023

Have you tried creating account using proxy?

theautomationdomination · Nov 9, 2023

I make a lot of reddit accounts and have no issues. What problem are you having?

ksharma · Nov 9, 2023

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.

its either subreddit admins or ip address

proxygo · Nov 10, 2023

Glenn.Quagmire said:
In your opinion, do you think that mimicking a real user is still possible or not?

yes or reddit account sellers would go under

theautomationdomination · Nov 10, 2023

It's not as sophisticated as you think it is.

Carnaged · Nov 10, 2023

videoseoguy said:
It's not as sophisticated as you think it is.

can you elaborate?

theautomationdomination · Nov 10, 2023

If you can beat them on the frontend you won't have issues. There isn't some sophisticated AI patrolling the site.

theautomationdomination · Nov 10, 2023

Most likely the issue is your frontend fingerprint or using the wrong proxies.

theautomationdomination · Nov 10, 2023

Are you just spamming popular subs or what? What action is leading up to your accounts being suspended?

Ray_ · Nov 10, 2023

Glenn.Quagmire said:
In your opinion, do you think that mimicking a real user is still possible or not?

Yes, not 100% like a real user, but enough to make it not easy Reddit to detect.
I reversed engineering to understand how to blend into the crowd then built a custom bot. It works great!

mailoto · Nov 10, 2023

You can never know what algo they have in place to detect bots (or differentiate humans and bots ) they will never disclose . The most you can do is use good 4g ips and maintain human behavior as possible .

Lady-Smut · Nov 10, 2023

videoseoguy said:
Are you just spamming popular subs or what? What action is leading up to your accounts being suspended?

The last one didn't even get a chance to post.

It started several weeks ago with ONE account that got banned. So, I created a new one to replace it and it got banned.
It's literally just the ones that I create to replace that one account. All other accounts seem to be fine.

theautomationdomination · Nov 10, 2023

Lady-Smut said:
The last one didn't even get a chance to post.

It started several weeks ago with ONE account that got banned. So, I created a new one to replace it and it got banned.
It's literally just the ones that I create to replace that one account. All other accounts seem to be fine.

If it's just 1 account I would move on and keep posting on the other ones.

Lady-Smut · Nov 10, 2023

videoseoguy said:
If it's just 1 account I would move on and keep posting on the other ones.

I agree but this is driving me f**king crazy

Anyone know how reddit detects fake account?

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