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No, the fifth amendment says no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself". Anything you've voluntarily said on reddit is fair game. (And this is a civil case anyway.)
The USSC has ruled that the 5th amendment extends to civil cases as well as criminal.
They are asking for records of the redditor using and downloading from public trackers.
This basically incriminating themself when revealing the information.
I'd argue that would come too close to it. Though I am no lawyer.
You're not protected against evidence you've created. I quoted the actual text of the amendment for a reason. You can absolutely incriminate yourself by creating evidence of a crime, but you cannot be compelled to be a witness against yourself.