Depends on the ISP. Some assign IPs to small geographical areas, others just NAT them all over the shop, so they could narrow you to a town, or they could know that you're somewhere in a particular country.
The "we're safe" really tells you how much they fear having any amount of information come out about themselves. They think that this is somehow a decisive offensive move of any kind. Maybe for some of the chumps. Not everyone, though. And I'm going to laugh if some of the users who jumped on to pretend to be kiwis or otherwise attack the forum end up getting fucked with as a result.
I love these people celebrating their False Victories.
Thats right susan
Just don't use Reddit then, honestly the best bit of advice right there.
Hide your power-level.
Wait a minute.... that tard....
Even if you don't use a VPN, you're probably safe. As people have mentioned already in this thread, an IP address only gives a general location, not your exact location. You're only kind of fucked if you used your real email address or basically anything that can be traced back to you (I'm willing to bet that most users don't use a VPN but at the same time haven't used a email that can be traced back to them or anything). Unless you're an exceptional faggot who used their real email address then you're fine. Even then, laughing at idiots on the internet isn't illegal.
