Is Reddit Anonymous?

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/86e3o4/is_reddit_anonymous/

created by melny on 22/03/2018 at 19:02 UTC

16 upvotes, 5 top-level comments (showing 5)

With the most recent wave of subreddit bans, I’m seeing a lot of user complaints that Reddit is “no longer anonymous.”

Is Reddit really anonymous for the average user? Was it ever?

I’ve been operating under the assumption that no, it is not truly anon and that if someone wanted to they could link your account to your identity. It’s just more complicated then it would be for Facebook.

Is this correct?

Comments

Comment by [deleted] at 22/03/2018 at 19:53 UTC

7 upvotes, 2 direct replies

It's pseudonymous, not anonymous. Once you reveal too much info about your pseudonym (your account), you become identifiable, and all the info reddit has about you can be assigned to your personal identity. So be careful what you post and change your accounts frequently.

Comment by mxt79 at 22/03/2018 at 19:07 UTC

9 upvotes, 1 direct replies

You're anon to your family, coworkers etc.. you aren't forced to use real name, profile picture and have your boss and neighbours snooping in your private life. In that way it is a whole lot better than fb. Anon to gov? Probably not.

Comment by [deleted] at 22/03/2018 at 20:12 UTC*

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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Comment by its_never_lupus at 22/03/2018 at 20:57 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

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