Once lemmy got popular, I just decided next time I get banned I won't make a new reddit account. Sure enough, I got banned without breaking any rules. Good riddance.
I did something similar... then, in a moment of weakness, I tried to go back one more time. Apparently, I was really banned the last time. As in: even using a brand new email address didn't fool them, I needed to use a VPN to even create an account. The juice just ain't worth the squeeze anymore, so that's the end of that.