Reddit Flags New Account as Bot, Forcing Manual Posting Workaround

A content creator running a small project found their new Reddit account, with only one karma point, repeatedly hit with human-verification checks and rate limits. The limits triggered even on the first posting attempt of the day, which the writer attributes to the platform's anti-spam defenses reacting to a young account posting polished comments across several communities. To continue, the writer now drafts comments in advance and pastes them manually each night, and a hand-posted comment on learning-focused subreddits was accepted without issue. The writer argues that such checks are a reasonable response to spam economics, though they cannot distinguish legitimate newcomers from spam farms. The piece concludes that new accounts build trust gradually and that automation that skips this process risks losing it.