Comment by Zezombye on 05/08/2015 at 20:40 UTC

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It is still a useful tool against spammers though? What's preventing spammers to check their user page to see if they're not banned, and then creating a new account? Doesn't most spammers by now have something to bypass shadowbans, and doesn't shadowbans only inconvenience real users?

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Comment by Mogwoggle at 05/08/2015 at 21:11 UTC

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Given that the comment/post timer applies to new, unverified accounts, and there is the subreddit filter that can be set to high in subs, it's more of a hassle creating a new account for spam purposes than you think.

Sure it's a workaround but it's an annoying one for spammers.

Comment by [deleted] at 05/08/2015 at 21:09 UTC

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