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by belltaco 1753 days ago
Not true. Only admins can see alt accounts(based on IP address), and they never reveal alt accounts of others to even mods.
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I've had new accounts banned for participating in subreddits where old accounts had been banned
Speaking as a Reddit mod, it's often possible to identify ban evaders through their use of language.
This was a very large subreddit and my new account had very little content at the time