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Reformed Reddit User thelemmy.club uten151@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-11
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Why? I'm using Firefox browser on a Win11 Desktop. Do I need to remove the Reddit cookie from Firefox?

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Rhynoplaz lemmy.world Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#2 · Quote Reply

Have you tried waiting 5 minutes and trying again?

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abbadon420 sh.itjust.works abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-28
#3 · Quote Reply

Have you tried waiting 5 minutes and trying again?

Preposetrous!

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_haha_oh_wow_ sh.itjust.works _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Have you tried wiping your posts, deleting your reddit account, and never looking back?

I haven't yet, but damn, I'm close to it with them shitting on old.reddit

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ReverendIrreverence lemmy.ml ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-12-20
#5 · Quote Reply

This is the universe letting you know you spend to much time on reddit and that you should step back and away

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Pamasich kbin.earth Pamasich@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-03-11
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

That message means Reddit thinks you're sending too many web requests too fast to their servers, so they're slowing you down a bit with a short timeout. Deleting cookies won't help with that.

Do you maybe have any addons in Firefox, or userscripts, which might be accessing Reddit's API? Maybe they're broken and just spamming. Because I don't see how normal browser usage could trigger this. Unless Shreddit is really THAT badly designed. It's a shame I can't recommend Old Reddit anymore, now that they killed access to it for anyone not already using it.

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db0 lemmy.dbzer0.com db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-09
#7 · Quote Reply

This is not a reddit support forum lol

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Rod_Orm piefed.world Rod_Orm@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-05-06
#8 · Quote Reply

Migrate to topicle.com

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Xmd5a lemmy.world Xmd5a@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-27
#9 · Quote Reply

Is your account new or low karma?

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Reformed Reddit User thelemmy.club uten151@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-11
#10 · Quote Reply

Is your account new or low karma?

I have the account for more than 2 years with 218 karma if that matters. I usually am able to post comment replies successively but not anymore. I deleted my other account with lots of karmas because of this issue on replies/comments/posts.

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Xmd5a lemmy.world Xmd5a@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-27
#11 · Quote Reply

I have the account for more than 2 years with 218 karma if that matters. I usually am able to post comment replies successively but not anymore. I deleted my other account with lots of karmas because of this issue on replies/comments/posts.

I think the most likely causes that spamming is associated with your IP or another IP that is on the same network. The cleanest way to avoid Reddit IP based limits is to use a cell phone data connection

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-12
#12 · Quote Reply

Try deleting your account. This has fixed the issue for people in the past.

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QuadratureSurfer piefed.social QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-05-13
#13 · Quote Reply

That message means Reddit thinks you're sending too many web requests too fast to their servers, so they're slowing you down a bit with a short timeout. Deleting cookies won't help with that. Do you maybe have any addons in Firefox, or userscripts, which might be accessing Reddit's API? Maybe they're broken and just spamming. Because I don't see how normal browser usage could trigger this. Unle...

This is also likely to happen if they're using a VPN, since all requests from anyone else using the same VPN server will appear to be coming from the same IP address.

Alternatively, @uten151@thelemmy.club could have a Smart TV with one of the many apps installed that sets up a residential proxy so that other users/bots can use their IP address to appear to be legitimate traffic.

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Reformed Reddit User thelemmy.club uten151@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-11
#14 · Quote Reply

I think the most likely causes that spamming is associated with your IP or another IP that is on the same network. The cleanest way to avoid Reddit IP based limits is to use a cell phone data connection

Thanks. I am using VPN on my WiFi network. I'll try using my iPhone with cellular connection only.

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Reformed Reddit User thelemmy.club uten151@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-11
#15 · Quote Reply

This is also likely to happen if they're using a VPN, since all requests from anyone else using the same VPN server will appear to be coming from the same IP address. Alternatively, @uten151@thelemmy.club could have a Smart TV with one of the many apps installed that sets up a residential proxy so that other users/bots can use their IP address to appear to be legitimate traffic.

I am using VPN. That's probably causing my issue. Thanks.

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zecg lemmy.world zecg@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#16 · Quote Reply

You're not quite as Reformed as your username suggests.

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