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Yeah, I found a relative's Reddit account just because something he wrote sounded like something he would say, and when I checked his posting history, everything matched: the city he lived in, his career, his other opinions, his family.
A few others were opportunistic. Scott Alexander it was because someone said he was easy to dox so I went looking and quickly found out who he was. A regular here I figured out because he said something about himself that was extremely specific and Googleable. He probably isn't trying to be very anonymous though. The hardest were some reddit mods of a certain subreddit where I was told that some of were involved in political parties, but eventually I found some of them describe their jobs and combining that with the cities they lived in was able to find their LinkedIn accounts.
So, I don't think I've figure it out who anyone was completely from scratch without having some reason to think I'd be able to figure it out. I've never used any fancy tools though.
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