That amount of traffic could easily take down a smaller site, and it was “orders of magnitude” greater than any other user on Reddit.Īpparently, that_narwhals_a_spy had installed an open-source application on his computer called Rainmeter. That amounted to 40 gigabytes of data-per-day, Reddit admin raerth wrote, or about 1.2 terabytes of data being generated every month, as another redditor calculated. Reddit admins told him his computer had been accidentally attacking the Reddit servers-a million times a day. That’s what redditor that_narwhals_a_spy discovered earlier this month when he was suddenly blocked from the site (a situation that can lead to some serious Reddit withdrawal problems). Or you spam the site with links to your Viagra substitute, porn site, or whatever spammy thing you like.īetter yet, you can accidentally launch a denial-of-service attack from your desktop. You can post personal details about another user. How can you get banned from social news site Reddit?

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