The real question is, how much is an account worth and where to sell it

… my friend said.

I think there is no way to delete Reddit PM’s and chats. So the buyer would get your possibly personal correspondence plus whatever private things that other people wrote to you. That can’t be good. I am pretty sure I never doxxed myself in a PM, but other people surely did. I always tried to move discussions from PM to email or self-hosted chat, but people tended to refuse. They trusted Reddit, the silly billies.

Wait, you can do that?

Sell away!

Wait, you guys are getting paid?

I wonder who would buy mine? I made a hobby out of getting banned in the most subreddits possible.

I don’t see anything wrong with it. You made that account and built it up. I don’t have a reddit account, but if I did, I assume I’d somehow get scammed during the selling process and not get any money.

They sell your data and don’t feel bad. Why should you feel bad about selling your data?

I’ve been thinking about that, I could potentially get a few hundred dollars.

I don’t feel like I owe reddit anything, but those accounts are bought for scamming and political influencing and spreading misinformation.

I don’t want to be part of that. So I’m not selling my accounts.

Personally I’d prefer not to have someone speaking for me, despite the supposed anonymity of the accounts. If you post any amount of content, it’s likely the account can be linked back to you after the sale, which could prove problematic depending on what the new owner does with it.

But I’m a bit paranoid about such things after experiencing internet stalking. I don’t see anything morally wrong with it, just that consequences from the sale might affect me negatively in the future.