That has happened many times but the mods have some tools they can use to discover if someone was previously banned.
MY VPN is not afraid of the mods.
Apache Records the IP address of all visitors, so that will weed out 80% of banned accounts that try to get back on with a new account.
I’ve done a lot of research on this concept. Turns out they are pretty limited, especially for those of us that use a cell phone hotspot as our primary doorway to the site. I change IP addresses and post from work and home.
I actually had one site ban me for a personal difference of opinion with a very spiteful site owner. he literally banned the IP at my entire company from getting in. I mean, you couldn’t even just go to the site. At all. From any computer here. It lasted about six months. In the meantime, a week after he banned me I created a new account from my home computer. But I don’t go there much (it is a vintage hi-fi site).
On one site I created a different account and the two accounts would talk to each other in real time. I did it by logging in via IE for one user and Firefox for the other. It was done “on a lark” and expected to be found out in a day. It took several months. I used completely different “language personality” for each. It was a very liberal site and eventually someone complained and the site owner did an IP check. The second one was banned.
A person could set up a dozen accounts here if they have a dozen email addresses, but it breaks the rules. I mention personal stories too much in my posts so it’s not a practical thing for me to do, even if I chose to do it.
But there is a reason I’m using my wife’s account. :)