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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

I just like Lemmy more

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

I never used Reddit properly, Lemmy was also open source, I get no replies, no interaction on Reddit, nearly every comment and post I make on Lemmy gets someone to reply, it's almost impossible to go back to Reddit once you get used to you always getting some form of attention

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 minutes ago

Never banned. Just moved over here after it was even more clear that they don't have our best interests in mind. And never did.

Same for Xitter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 18 minutes ago)

unfortunately not banned

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 minutes ago

Never been banned on reddit but I prefer how there is less of a moderation here for my searing hot takes when I feel like shitposting

[–] [email protected] 3 points 57 minutes ago

I am.

First, I got a three days ban for ‘prompting violence’. The flagged post said just literally ‘The Heritage foundation should be labeled as a terrorist group in Europe’. I appealed, just to get the temporary ban confirmed with no further reasoning.

But that was moot, because two days after that I got a permaban for ‘using multiple accounts to evade a temporary ban’. I just had an account, with a good number of years behind. I appealed this too, and got a ‘we are not changing this’ reply.

So I nuked my account, looked a little bit around and found this.

I miss some of the technical communities I was part in Reddit. But fuck them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 43 minutes ago

Banned I don't know how to behave online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

I'm not banned, I just won't go there anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 46 minutes ago

The preponderance of flagrant double standards in moderation policies did it in for me. I deleted a 14 year old account when it became clear that there was going to be a clear effort on behalf of reddit's corporate leadership to push bullshit narratives and purge anyone who spoke up about it. I figured it was only a matter of time before someone invented a reason to ban me.

Turns out I don't even miss it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

I left reddit during the api drama last year (more than a year?). I did it on principle. The content on lemmy is not comparable to the niche communities on reddit. Yeah, Steve Huffman is a little pissbaby or whatever the current meme is. But lemmy doesn't have the art communities or the weird goofy shit that reddit did, and as a chronically online loser, my life is a little emptier without it. And I know how stupid and unimportant that is, which is why I'm here and not there.

Plus the porn on lemmy is just like... so disappointing and sparse.

Unrelated- I'm ready to switch to Linux, but do I really have to learn what a distro is and how to build my own PC? Can't I just buy a Linux PC ready to go? Please?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 39 minutes ago

Installing Linux is super chill. Unless it is like cubes OS or arch. Maybe try pop os

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Hey stranger! I switched for the same reason from reddit to lemmy and while I can't help you with the porn problem... you may want to look into Linux Mint.

There are very easy to understand guides online (e. g. on itsfoss.com you can find an installation guide, recommended first steps after installation, ...) and there are communities here on lemmy as well. So this may not be the same or a replacement for the communities you miss from reddit but maybe something new to focus on and a way to get in touch with other more or less chronical online people :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

I can build you one that has Linux ready to go. That's literally what I do, IRL. I build custom PCs for university students and professors, foster dogs, and grow marijuana. The real issue is that I cannot recommend any particular distro over another. I personally would suggest Linux Mint for most users, but if you are using your computer for more high end stuff, like 3d rendering, AutoCAD, or AAA gaming, there are other distros that are more finely tuned for those purposes.

Try out mint. Throw it on an older machine and use it instead of your daily driver. When you encounter issues, just ask in c/Linux. Most of us are friendly and will help even the newbiest of newbs, because we were all there once as well.

After a few months, you should feel comfortable enough to either totally nuke windows, (how I did it because I am lazy,) or set up a dual boot partition on your drive so that you can choose to boot into windows if you really need to do so. Warning. Windows will overwrite your boot sector every single time it updates, killing the ability to dual boot until you fix the sector.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago

I barely use Reddit now. I’ve unfollowed any sub that has an equivalent here.

The main one holding me back is that native speakers of my language are there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

I'm currently trying out Lemmy because reddit is killing the Old Reddit interface and I refuse to use their shitty app or new interface website. Plus after using it I think it's kind of fun to have reddit but smaller and more curated. It's like Reddit used to be back in like 2012.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I like Lemmy more, especially since it’s not corporate owned. The Reddit admins turned the site to shit purposely to push their greedy agenda, they instilled moderators that acted in bad faith for many subs, they allowed misinformation bots and other bad faith actors to run rampant, and they hosted ads to bet on US elections for months up until the day of the election itself. Truly and utterly disgusting behavior from Reddit.

Ellen Pao deserved better, Spez taking over is what enshitified the site.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I'm not permanently banned, I was temporarily banned for a bullshit reason and when I got my account back I went scorched earth then closed my account. Fuck reddit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

Not banned but I like here more. I left during the Exodus/ blackouts/shutdowns. In another life I was a mod for a moderately successful sub and after going into the rabbit hole and seeing the app timer increase to hours a day, I felt they could at least gift mods premium and they could skip ads. After some drama and a high caliber mod left the sub, I followed shortly after as the community has grown and changed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

I'm perma banned for spreading Luigi related posts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Israeli IOF Hasbara in worldnews got me banned from everything. I have 5 fully shadow banned account. basically and effectively perm bans. Your page says "no user exists" and your posts and comments cannot be seen by any user nor any viewer in the world.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I was the primary mod/founder for a fairly large subreddit. During the blackout protests Reddit threatened to remove my mod rights if I didn’t reopen the subreddit. I told them to get fucked, and my account was banned. They also removed the other mods and installed new mods. I haven’t touched the platform since and will never use Reddit again.

🖕spez

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago

I also privated some communities and they renamed them to some random characters instead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

hence the powermods, im guessing thats how 92 mods consildated thier power and control over 500+ subs. you can hazard a guess of which subs are being control by these groups.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Every time I add a comment or post on reddit, I get banned all the time, I don't even know why, I tried to appeal the ban, but no one gives a shit. Anyway, I like Lemmy better, it's faster, lighter, and doesn't have any dumb karma thing. So I deleted my last Reddit account, told the Reddit administration to go screw themselves, and I have no regrets.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I had numerous accounts, some throwbacks going back 11+years, almost all were purged in feb12-13, due to them trying to eliminate and astroturfing any anti-right wing talking points. now they are assuming almost anyone is a bot. and the last one i thought was safe, was just shadowbanned recently

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

It's damn bullshit, you write something in Reddit, the stupid system thinks you're a bot and bans you... good luck appealing this shit, you'll be sitting there for months begging for a unban. Screw these lazy assholes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

Haven't been on there in like 10 years, glad all of you finally saw the light. Sad it requires being forced off though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I jumped off voluntarily a little over a year ago when spez didn't like third party apps anymore and reddit went public.

Edit: damn it's almost been 2 years on lemmy. What a fucking ride

Edit: did you really just copy the same post as? There's no karma like on reddit you know that right?

https://lemm.ee/post/60400188

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

2 years?? Holy shit! Time flies...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I like the fediverse more. I left during the api thing and think that the fediverse is the next step in social networking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I did the same when the API changes were introduced and my app didn't work anymore. Open source is the way to go.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Left during the API thing, and everything I see confirms that I made the right choice.

Especially the fact that there are no investors to appease, no profit motive, and no advertising. It's like a slice of the old web.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Shout out to all my ~1 year 9 month old account homies

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 16 hours ago

Same here. Left and never looked back.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 16 hours ago

I quit reddit and have no intention to go back. Its become total crap and full of boosted ads.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

My main and my alt still exist on reddit and have enough karma that I was offered stock options on both accounts.

Not going back because of the API fuckery. Coming up on 2 years on lemmy. Haven't looked back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't been on reddit for a long time. When you say "offered stock options", do you mean they offered you the opportunity to invest in stock, or discounted stock, or free stock?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

All of the above.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 16 hours ago

I have my Reddit account but I have sworn off posting there... I use Lemmy full time and visit Reddit out of curiousity sometimes, but most often logged out.

Lemmy is just so much better quality.

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