Today around 12:00pm EDT, a post was uploaded to r/whenthe by u/concussionmaker_91 about how despite their multiple privacy measures, Reddit was still able to ping their location and show them an ad about a business in close proximity to their house. Then, in less than 2 hours after the post when live, their year old account was permanently banned. Redditors in the comment section used a website called SnooSnoop to see if this account has done anything malicious in the past that may be grounds for a ban only to find nothing.

I don’t think this is a mere coincidence and some comments I read on the post may be there to dismiss the situation.

I’m currently working on archiving the post and comments in case Reddit decides to try and erase this entire situation from the web, I’ll attach the files when I do.

  • sneaky@r.nf
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    6 hours ago

    Location could just be from when the account was made right? I’m sure it would be very difficult to create a new account while utilizing a VPN considering how active reddit has become in blocking connections from known VPN providers.