I haven't used reddit in a while, but it wasn't uncommon to make a throwaway for some additional level of psueo-anonimty, authoring a post, submitting and then

I haven't used reddit in a while, but it wasn't uncommon to make a throwaway for some additional level of psueo-anonimty, authoring a post, submitting and then instantly getting a message saying you don't have enough karma. Iirc it's more common in large subreddits, or really anything that has a decent amount of traffic and a somewhat organized moderation approach.