I've been treated the same way, lost about 7 accounts each over 12 years old because some mod didn't like me telling off an incel and from there sent it to admins and from there it's been repeated bans and shadowbans.

I am done with reddit, I've seen behind the curtain in my time there, I know how bad it really is. The whole platform is now an AI training-bed and in some communities more than half the users appear to be bots. Very clever, very well-disguised, but you can tell if you check their history. They want to be able to control large-scale narratives and it's working.

But if anyone wants to try to keep fighting the bot army, you can create a new account by deleting all your reddit cookies and browsing history, resetting your modem for a minute, then making a new account with a new email. (Use Gmail or another name-brand on, they now shadowban accounts made from disposable emails.)

Also, do not use a VPN ever. Instant permanent shadowban, and you have to start all over.

From there you just need to establish some karma history so you can post. Memes and other content-grind subreddits let even new accounts last I checked.

If you don't want your account banned immediately, do not make political opinions, do not argue with anyone, do not sass reddit even through they deserve far worse. Don't reply to yourself or your alt accounts, they can now tell immediately. Do not report anyone, they now will use reporting as an excuse to ban you if they decide they don't like you.

you probably need to use a new device and on a network you havent frequently used. Unique email addresses dont mean anything if you're logging in with the same browser with the same cookies and "digital footprint"

Burn all your tracking cookies associated with reddit, kill all your browsing history, then reset your router for a minute, then use a fresh e-mail and not a disposable one to register a new account. Using a VPN will also get you insta-flagged.

Keep in mind most subs will not let you comment or post without a karma history, find some large meme subs that let new accounts post and just say bland shit for a day.

I guess my advice wasn't anygood, hardware bans and ip can go in effect if you get banned. I love Lemmy, but this community is still a young, subs for a lot of niche hobbies and shit posting dont really exist...yet.

I use voyager and kept scrolling through the reconmended sub's list until I found something I was looking for. The search feature is hit or miss, I didnt find anything for IT memes.