[mandmandam]

If it helps, Reddit outside of the niche or rare well-moderated subs is detestable; a wasteland of bots and ads and partisan nonsense.

Even on the science subs, no one cares about your older comments or the age of your account, except to pull things out of it to try and doxx you or invalidate your opinions.

You can make another account on a VPN and still get the same upvotes, still reach the same eyeballs, get the same feedback and motivation boost. 'Followers' don't matter, real relationships do.

It might even be good to have a fresh account in some unexpected ways. Or not - because fuck that place. Like you said, you'll always be at the mercy of admins who have made it very clear how they feel about users.

Best of luck with the book.

[bbor]

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah I've sorta taken it for granted that I'm going to comply with their "no ban evasion" rule, but I guess I should give it some thought if I find the urge some day. Given that my old account was publicly linked to my real name (and I'd like to do the same for any new one), that could get a little tricky... But that's obviously a self-imposed hurdle.

[mandmandam]

> comply with their "no ban evasion" rule,

Fuck 'em.

What are they gonna do, site-wide ban you again? If so, VPN a third account with your real name. A fourth, a fifth. It costs them a lot to ban you for dumb reasons, and costs you nothing to make new accounts.

I'd suggest creating an email newsletter for people to join if they like your posts. It's the only way to have a reliable audience, because every large platform these days is suspect.