Lots of people use multiple Reddit accounts for reasons other than manipulating the karma system. Unless something has changed recently, having multiple account

Lots of people use multiple Reddit accounts for reasons other than manipulating the karma system. Unless something has changed recently, having multiple accounts is permitted by the TOS, as is creating throwaway accounts, as long as all of the accounts abide by the TOS. One of the main reasons for doing this is to separate posting by different subject areas. Maybe you're fine with being loose with your personal details on the local subreddit but when you're commenting on a subreddit about being an abuse survivor, you don't want those posts associated with your other account(s). It's fairly common for people on Reddit who get angry about a post to go digging through a person's posting history to find something unrelated to hurt them with or to try to discover the poster's personal identity.