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So yesterday I received a 7-day ban for 'encouraging violence', for saying that Luigi Mangione did not deserve to go to jail. It was obviously bullshit, somebody got a little hair-trigger on the new directive from ~~Der Fuhrer~~ spez or something, so I appealed. That appeal was reviewed and the temp ban lifted and the 'offending' comment restored, but 11 hours prior to that I got another message that I had been perma-banned for violating Reddit's rules with my 'other account(s)'. Well that's also bullshit because I've had exactly one (1) account in the 14 years I've been on reddit, so I appealed that too, and thus we get to the cherry on top: I am no longer banned, I can post and such again, but they sent me the above message saying that my appeal had been denied and that the perma-ban was staying in place. But rather than linger in reddit limbo, I think I'm gonna switch permanently to lemmy. 14 years worth of curating subs will suck to redo, but oh well, life is change.
Thanks, glad to be here!
I’ve basically abandoned Reddit as well. I’ve been on for so long, but this bullshit makes me feel unsafe. If the platform is going to so blatantly side with those who would happily let me die for a few dollars (health insurance companies), then I don’t need to give them my attention or data anymore.
Welcome to Lemmy. Outside of niche subjects and local content I think this place has everything reddit does but with less bullshit. If people keep making the switch in large numbers we'll build all those communities too and be better off for it.
I used the tool where I could import my Reddit subs to find similar communities here, and it surprised me how many communities I was a part of that the Reddit algorithm never let me see posts from. Also, it highlighted how much more infrastructure there is to build here. It’s exciting! Like the creative energy of expanding the Wild West but without the decimation of entire indigenous communities and the murder of innocent people and animal species.
Welcome to the Fediverse! If you've been on Reddit for 14 years, you were attracted to what it once was. Lemmy is that, but a whole lot better, and your skills as a moderator will be highly valued here. In fact, if you are looking to start up any new communities hmu and I'll see about giving you a hand.
Also, here's your obligatory Saint Luigi blessing for the banned:
remember kids:
A place in heaven is reserved for those who speak truth to power
I have no skills as a moderator, sadly, I avoid responsibility as a lifestyle. Thanks for the warm welcome tho. :)
13 year account here, also banned for supporting Luigi. I tried to appeal, but the post had already been removed so I didn't know what exactly I said that violated the rules, and my appeal was denied. This was a post I made back in December, mind you. They went looking for a reason to ban a Luigi supporter. They did homework.
Somebody over there is really afraid of how popular Luigi's actions are. I wonder why...
It was liberating for me. Haven't gone back.
I haven't and I won't. Lemmy is a far more positive atmosphere with less content, but better quality content. There's less overt manipulation and not everything is politicised. I just don't trust reddit
Same. Funny all those douches who said we'd be back in a week lol
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Permabanned for "glorifying or inciting violence" by replying to a post about Elon Musk under a dinosaur poop meme, where someone asked "what should the would richest man do?" with "he should eat shit and die".
Here for good.
Much wow, such violence. Ban deserved, imo, yep. Fuck Reddit.
Reddit is a bot-infested hellscape. I got so mad when I learned that most AITAH posts and popular sub posts were just karma farmers preying on our attention. Lemmy seems to offer some relief. Happy to be here :)
Remember the time that they banned bots and didn't get a new submission for like 48 hours on one of the most popular subs?
I got permabanned for saying “trans women are women”, which they said was encouraging violence. So who even knows what’s happening there at this point.
Because that’s auto bans from right wingers reporting you en masse. Appeal it.
It is too much pressure for Reddit to have this many users. They're doing their best to get rid of them. It's just too much to handle... Poor Reddit
Help Reddit's well-being by leaving it and join Lemmy today!
"Damn users trying to comment on stuff. Just shut up and keep scrolling instead. Our bots can handle the comments."
lmfao fuck reddit cause this is so true
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Luigi is a hero
My main concern is that Luigi isn’t even confirmed to be the one to have pulled the trigger, right?
I got banned for asking why someone’s comment was banned. Crazy shit over there.
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Reddit. Doesn't. Want. Active. Users.
It wants bots. It wants HailCorporate promotional accounts. And it wants your eyeballs to look at their ads. It doesn't want you to participate in any meaningful way.
Stop using the site. Stop pretending this site is intended to be used by real people. Be glad they're doing this and not simply baiting you along with fake interactions while you've been shadowbanned and left to unwittingly scream into the void.
Yeah, I was on Reddit for over a decade. And the changes especially in these past couple years have been so dramatic. I received a seven day band today for like the third time and finally deleted the app and here I am . No looking back.
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I dumped Reddit over the weekend.
They may all go to hell, and I will go to Lemmy.
This same thing happened to me twice in one week. I haven't had a ban on my account in 14 years. I've given up on Reddit and just deleted my account. Fuck them if they want to treat us like we're children. I won't use their platform again.
Yeah it's been getting increasingly fashy over there. They've blocked topics before, but to my knowledge they've never banned people for upvoting something. It's crazy. Next they're going to start banning any anti-Israel content as antisemitic, or anything pro-Palestine as promoting terrorism or whatever. It's gotten MUCH worse since the IPO, too, so it's clearly being done for the benefit of the advertisers.
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Paranoid me says they're trying to ban all of the older accounts with clear liberal bias. 14 years for me too and my permaban was for saying I'd "take a couple with me" if Nazis ever came for me. Appealed and upheld.
Crazy to think defending yourself is something worthy of a ban, but here we are. Fuck 'em I guess. They won't make money off of me and I won't post to their communities. Sounds like a lose/lose situation for them.
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I got a 3 day sitewide suspension, and (very surprisingly) a permaban from /r/fuckthealtright for calling a story about an Infowars employee getting murdered "uplifting."
14 years worth of curating subs will suck to redo, but oh well, life is change.
Please feel free to create the communities you find are missing still! Things are smaller and slower here, but that means that even in the popular threads, people will actually see and read your comments rather than them disappearing in an ocean of bots or (DELETED).
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Got my badge of honor today. Reddit are bootlickers.
I got my badge of honor during the API purge, when I mass edited all of my old comments before deleting them. It’s a little more quiet here, but it honestly reminds me of the early Reddit days. If you tag users, you’ll start to see just how small of a community it actually is; I see my tags all over the place in nearly every comment section.
If you haven’t done so, consider looking into the various apps. Voyager (sometimes called Wefwef by the older users) is a sort of spiritual successor to Apollo. So if you’re an old Apollo user, you’ll likely feel right at home.
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I got shadow banned for making a popular post about dyi Luigi prayer candles on witches vs patriarchy. No warning no notification just a site wide permanent shadow ban on an old account with high karma. I feel like this is a better community though so win win I guess. Funny because I feel like they’re banning most real people and just leaving the bots lol. Tons of people post on shadow banned everyday this can’t be a healthy business model.
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Welcome reddit refugee!! Best time to ditch reddit was in july 2023 second best time is now
Same man, I've been on Reddit pretty much since 2005.
It seems like such a waste of 20 years of doom scrolling, imagine if I'd put that time into learning a trade, or another language...
You’re doom scrolling right now on lemmy.
If Reddit didn’t turn to shit I don’t see how your doom scrolling wasn’t already a waste of time.
But wasting time is the point right? You can’t spent every single minute of your day being productive.
It’s like people complaining that playing video games and watching moves is a huge waste of time. Like, durrrr, that’s the point.
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Considering the time you were at reddit (not too different from mine), I think you'll find Lemmy like reddit was in your earlier times there.
What I mean by that is generally more thoughtful and reasonable discussion (generally), smaller communities, more generalized (but specific stuff is accepted, so "all ttrpg is good here" vs "thats pathfinder, this is for 5e only!", as an example.
Welcome and I hope you enjoy it here!
Also, if you come across a server you think fits better as a home base - make an account, see if it fits. You dont have to stay in one spot just because its where you made your first.
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These companies are revealing their true colors now that they think it's acceptable to do so.
In a Yogscast TTT video some years back, Rythian used 'Green Mario' as a joking name for Bouphe, who was using the Luigi player model at the time.
For those who want to undermine reddit's power trip, I propose Green Mario as the first stick in their knee-bending attitude.
Curating subs? I see it as more of "creating my own bubble". Lemmy is a good way to kinda expose myself to other stuff for a change and not just the reddit hive mind.
I mean, how many times have you opened a post and knew what the top 3 comments would be??
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Simple solution: don't go on that shithole unless it's to repost content here
It's been almost two years since my exodus. I've popped in Reddit a few times for specific information, but I noticed I just feel like crap when I do. It's just so toxic. I didn't notice it until I spent time in Lemmy.
It seems like ever since the DOGE kids were posted on Reddit and Elon got mad the ban hammer has been out en force.
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Every long term reddit bans and/or alienates and comes to lemmy, benefits us all. Welcome!
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