u/saiphxo

How to prevent vote manipulation warning in the same household?

My husband and I both recently got a vote manipulation warning which linked to my post I made in a baking subreddit (a photo of cookies I made). I did an appeal and was told that it was because it was flagged as suspicious as it came from two accounts on the same network. We live together so of course we are using the same wifi. I got told if it continues then both accounts will be banned.

Is there any way that reddit will stop thinking that I am the owner of both our accounts? Our accounts are on our own seperate phones. I am also logged in on my laptop + PC and him on his own PC (all using the same wifi). We have never logged in on each other’s devices. The reason he upvotes my posts is because he follows me so it shows up on his feed (what’s the point of allowing users to follow each other if you can’t interact with their content?).

What happens then when there are multiple reddit users in the same household on the same network, like a university accommodation, share house or just multiple siblings in the same family? Is there anything I can do to say that his account is his own and it’s not me upvoting my own post? Or should we just block each other so we don’t see the other persons activity to prevent accidentally upvoting? We are in a lot of the same subs due to shared interests/hobbies so will blocking him also block me from seeing his comments? Should I make a new account? I’m so confused as this has never happened on any other posts before. Thanks

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u/saiphxo — 3 days ago
▲ 2.9k r/OldestColdCases+1 crossposts

In 1998, Josh Phillips (14) murdered his neighbour, Maddie Clifton (8), and slept above her body he hid under his bed for six days

On November 3rd 1998 in Florida, 14-year-old Josh Phillips murdered his 8-year-old neighbour Maddie Clifton. He hid her body under his bed frame, sleeping above her until his mother made the discovery in his room six days later.

On the morning of the 3rd, Maddie asked Josh to play baseball with her in his front yard while his parents were not home. They usually played together so this was not out of the ordinary. Josh states at some point he accidentally hit the baseball into Maddie's eye, causing her to cry loudly, resulting in his panic and striking her in the head with the baseball bat. He then dragged Maddie into his house and hid her under his mattress. After his parents had arrived home, Josh realised Maddie was conscious and moaning, so he used the knife of a Leatherman multi-tool to slit her throat and stab her in the chest seven times.

Maddie was reported missing by her parents at 5pm the same day when she failed to return home by dinner. Josh participated in search efforts alongside his family, police, volunteers and Maddie's family who had believed he was innocent. Six days later, Josh's mother discovered Maddie's body and immediately contacted police. Josh was arrested at school and later confessed to the murder.

Josh claims he murdered Maddie out of fear that his strict father would find out she had come to play while he was not present, violating a rule he imposed. Josh and his mother reportedly lived in fear of his father, who was violent and struggled with drug and alcohol addiction.

During the trial, it was believed Josh had a sexual motive after it was discovered he frequently watched dominant aggressive-style pornography on the family computer while home alone. The pornography was ruled inadmissible in court by the judge. Additionally, Maddie was found nude below her waist and her shirt was rolled up, potentially indicating sexual intent, though Josh claims her clothes came off while he was dragging her through the house. He had also previously spoken about sexual topics with Jessie Clifton, Maddie's older sister, who prosecutors suggest he had a fixation on. Josh denied any sexual motive and no physical evidence of sexual assault was found during the autopsy.

In 1999, Josh was tried as an adult and was convicted of first degree murder, receiving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. He was ineligible for the death penalty as he was under the age of 16.

In 2002, Josh's mother sought a new trial for her son stating she thought his young age should have carried more weight in his sentence. In 2008, two officials most responsible for Josh's life sentence admitted to having second thoughts, regretting not offering a second degree murder plea. In 2016, Josh's attorneys successfully appealed for a new sentencing hearing, during which Maddie's mother requested his sentence be upheld. He was re-sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of sentence review beginning in 2023.

While in prison, Josh completed his GED, took college classes, and now works as a paralegal assisting other inmates with their appeals. In 2025, Josh began the process for a sentence review; however, on May 6th 2026, he withdrew his bid for sentence review stating that he needed professional counselling.

u/_sunny_angel_ — 3 days ago
▲ 1.3k r/Baking

Flower Sugar Cookies

Made these sugar cookies after seeing this flower shape online and wanting to try it out myself. Not perfect but I think they came out super cute!!

Next time I would make the centre ball a bit smaller.

u/saiphxo — 8 days ago

23F. Looking for a deeper friendship

23F from Australia. Honestly, I haven't had any friends in so long and I'm feeling really isolated so I thought I'd give this a try. I miss having friends that I can just be myself around. I'm looking for someone where we can skip the bs small talk and just talk about the deeper personal things and I love listening to a yapper, like yes please tell me about your day or vent to me about that things and people you hate lol. I want someone that I can just talk about random things to. I just really miss having friends.

Some of my interests are baking, reading, movies/tv shows, and gaming though I mostly just play league/tft and sims4 these days. (Platonic only, I'm in a relationship)

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u/saiphxo — 8 days ago