I sadly kinda need Reddit because it’s the only place where I can talk to other Turkish LGBTQ+ people, and I need my account to be anonymous because of the recent developments in Turkey, where the majority government is about to propose a bill that will literally make publicly identifying as LGBTQ illegal.

Any comment I make in my current account just shows up as [removed] and my account doesn’t even show up in redlib like it doesn’t even exist. Can’t send any DMs either, it just gives me a very vague error.

The way I first signed up was pretty suspicious tbh (Mullvad VPN + Browser and cock.li e-mail address). Is there a better way I could do this without sharing any PII?

  • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip
    11·
    4 months ago

    I tried many times during the past year. SimpleLogin aliases with and without a custom domain, Mullvad and ProtonVPN, etc. No matter what I did I always ended up being shadow banned the moment I posted pretty much any comment. In the end I decided it just doesn’t worth my time.

    If you really have to, the only way that I think it would work reliably is buying an aged account that already has a bit of karma behind it for some XMR. Plenty people are selling them, but I am not gonna pay $30 for the privilege of using fucking Reddit.

    • dreamy@quokk.auOPEnglish
      41·
      4 months ago

      Thanks for the answer!

      Do you have a link for where you saw those? I’m also not paying 30USD for a Reddit account :D, but I wouldn’t mind paying a smaller amount.

      • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip
        41·
        4 months ago

        I saw a few listings on XMRBazaar. Just search for “reddit” and you will find several. XMRBazaar itself is trustworthy but I cannot vouch for any of the sellers. Think of it kind of like Craigslist for Monero.

        • dreamy@quokk.auOPEnglish
          41·
          4 months ago

          There are some pretty cheap listings, some even having escrow. I think I’ll go with this if I can’t find another solution. Thank you!

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    Use a https://port87.com/ mailing address. We don’t require your real name and there’s no IP ban, so you can access it from a VPN. It’s specifically not an anonymizing email service, but there’s nothing preventing you from using a pseudonym that isn’t tied to your real name.

    Delete all the emails (both trash them and then delete them from your trash) after you get them.

    VPN is good, but Reddit might ban you. Just try a different location through your VPN so you get a new IP address. Make sure you always do all of this in a private window in your browser.

  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    4 months ago

    That is a good question, I would like to know this as well. I was told there is no such thing as an anonymous account there anymore but idk. You can use a temporary email to sign up but they can follow your mac address and whatever.

        • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          What do they follow?

          Guessing you might have meant IP address, not MAC address. Without a VPN or w/e, the IP for most ppl is assigned by the ISP and damn near pinpoints you. Not exactly, but it’s real close.

          MAC address on the other hand, that you can change yourself (prob).

          With a legit VPN, they don’t get your IP. They do get other fingerprinting signals tho! Maybe lots of them. If you ALSO mask those, that makes your abuse likelihood score even higher. IDK waht the threshold is, but it seems anymore that a VPN alone is “almost” a surefire ban. Maybe some ppl get it to work, but I think that’s b/c reddit can fingerprint them in enough other ways.

          There’s a whole ass industry about this! It’s called identity resolution. Most of the big site use it now. It uses any and every signal to ID you. Even things that are near impossible to hide. They’re shitweasels.

    • Solumbran@lemmy.world
      21·
      4 months ago

      You can spoof your mac address every 5 minutes if you want, what are they going to track?

    • dreamy@quokk.auOPEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      They’re still on Reddit and Discord 😭

      Most of them don’t seem to care. I saw one comment that said even if only 1% of the population identified as queer, they couldn’t fit all those people in prison. I think they really underestimate the amount of people that will comply with these laws.

      • vapor_body@lemmy.ml
        8·
        4 months ago

        There is a lot of stuff in between chilling, chilling in prison, and being dead. People already put up with all kinds of workplace discrimination. Turkey, Ghana etc have a strong intelligence apparatus relative to their size and influence. I would be really careful, try to get people to use e2ee

  • MrOtingocni@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    The answer to this is the same answer to 80% of the issues that we face on the current tech landscape. It’s the answer most need but few want.

    You have to circumvent the current monopolies and create your own space. It’s the answer to just about everything.

    Almost the entirety of what the web is was originally built by enthusists who saw the tremendous benefit of people being able to communicate freely and privately.

    Yes, it’s hard, and it takes time, and it takes exerting effort towards learning new skills, with a much lower turnout of participants.

    But once it’s built, it’s yours. No longer do you have to bend to other systems, systems that have proven to be detrimental to a fair and open society.

    Basically you have to take matters into your own hands and build the thing you want. Not try to work off the back of something already built that isn’t friendly to your desires.

    Count those that won’t follow you as temporarily lost and move on without them.

    And besides, no offense bro, even if there was a way to infiltrate Reddit, who would share it here? You could work or contract for Reddit looking for holes to plug or, even worse, the Turkish government.