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Is it Ok to make an alt account or no
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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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It should be fine as long as you're not using the account for ban evasion.
This is my alt that I use for ban evasion
Pro tip: post tens of thousands of times from your alt account to trick the mods into thinking it's your main
Even then, it's pretty much fine as long as you don't explicitly say "I'm using this account for ban evasion" even if it's blatantly obviously for ban evasion
The only other scenario where it's sketchy is when there's a site-wide vote, like when we voted over defederating this or that instance, it'd be shitty to use all your alts to vote.
They might
Source: have been banned for ban evasion
How do you know someone is doing ban evasion unless they have like a really distinct posting style?
IP address
VPN?
I’m not