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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by mlmonkey on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @11:47PM (#49444006)
Reddit seems to have let this AI demand go to their heads.

I had multiple Reddit accounts, simply because I did not want my more "professional" account linked to the other accounts (some for more controversial opinions, some for more adult talk, etc.) Apparently that's a problem for them. So they banned most of my accounts. If I really was up to no good, I'd have used VPNs, etc. to hide my activities. But I just wanted to segregate my personas. e.g. I like discussing local SF and California politics, and often times take controversial positions. I don't want my activities as a respectable(?) member of the Linux Kernel group to be colored through my activities in these other groups. But now I can't do that.

Oh, and back in the day Reddit (when it wanted to pad its user numbers) didn't care for an email address or a phone number. Now, 15 years later, it suddenly wants to confirm the email address!

And don't even get me started on the moderation at Reddit. Typical example: "Hey! We deleted your comment. If you have any questions about it, email the mods." except ... they deleted the comment and now I don't even know what was wrong with it! :-D

Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by jmalicki on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @12:06AM (#49444122)
Interesting, because multiple accounts for the same person is explicitly allowed by Reddit:

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/204535759-I...

Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by novok on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:29AM (#49445236)
What is written and what is done in practice is always different. "Anti-fraud" and "security" are things you can drive a truck through.
Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by jmalicki on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:12AM (#49450572)
Which is why, like often in these stories, there is probably more to it.
Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by mlmonkey on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @02:10PM (#49453386)
It's good to be skeptical. But in my case, there is not much more to it.
Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by inigyou on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @12:05AM (#49444117)
You're lucky you only got email address. I got selfie+ID. No thank you.