r/modclub • u/Trigrams64 • Aug 01 '23
What is considered participating in a subreddit in regards to ban evasion?
More specifically, is voting in a poll within a sub you were banned from with another account considered ban evasion?
I can't seem to find a definitive answer to this... and can't post this for an admin to answer in the modsupport sub. (admins presumably appear to be the only ones with a definitive answer)
Is this situation considered ban evasion considering that 1) commenting or posting in a sub with an alt account has always been what's referenced as it pertains to ban evasion, 2) the new ban evasion detection tool only filters/detects comments and posts, and 3) users still have the ability to vote in polls within the sub they were banned from even with the same account in which they were banned {but of course commenting and posting isn't possible}.
In other words, I assume it's safe to assume that when it comes to ban evasion, participating in a subreddit (as explained here) is specifically pertaining to commenting and posting, and not something such as voting in a poll with an alt account? Is voting in a poll considered 'participating' in this instance?
I recently came across this scenario via a user in another sub and was told that I was basically undeniably wrong with this assumption/analysis, so I wanted to get a definitive answer to this, if possible. Thanks in advance. ✌️
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u/Clavis_Apocalypticae /u/pugs Aug 02 '23
That's kind of self-evident, isn't it? The warning on your ban message tells you that using another account to circumvent the ban can result in your account being suspended from Reddit.
Voting in a poll is circumvention. You are interacting with the sub in an active (voting in a poll, upvoting/downvoting, commenting, posting), rather than passive (reading posts & comments), manner.