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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Unlike the rest here I got perma banned and then found Lemmy! πŸ₯²

My opinions on a certain orange thing were a bit top radical for ol reddit.. but then again gore and murder Videos are okay.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I'll join you somewhere around this statement.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days 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] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I got perma banned for saying that Elon Musk should get "burned" in Canada for fraudulent sales numbers posted by Tesla in order to qualify for Federal subsidies.

They took me literally, and claimed I was promoting violence. My appeal got shut down in less than an hour. They "burned" my 8 year old account, for saying that Elon should get "burned" in Canada. The irony is real.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Welcome to lemmy.
What's your favorite molotov recipe?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days 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 2 days 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?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

I just like Lemmy more. I could go back and post, I just don't want to add anything to give them more value. I thought I'd look back at what I've posted and commented more often, but I haven't much at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days 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] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I left Reddit on principle.
I still have functioning accounts over there.

The only time i go there is if I'm linked there when searching for info.

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

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] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I noticed this first with AITA when it became clear that the mods were manipulating the sub for their own purposes. They would let obvious fiction in and ban people for calling it out. They also very selectively enforced standards and would only go after very specific comment types while ignoring very obvious abuse. Then I started seeing this behavior happen in pretty much all of the ask or story subs. Now you see it on Tik Tok and YouTube shorts--bots reading all these fictional posts into video shorts. It's bizarre.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

I'm just stubborn, left during the blackout and didn't want to go back.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I left during the API kerfuffle even though I didn't use an app. I had been thinking about getting off of it for some time prior to that because I realized doomscrolling was negatively affecting my mental health. So I followed the refugees from /r/DaystromInstitute to startrek.website.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days 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] 9 points 2 days ago

I just like Lemmy more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm banned off reddit. It was only a generic message i got saying I violated multiple rules. First it was my alt and then my main hours later. I have no idea what happened. Maybe me being on a public wi fi at a hotel and then someone there logged in two weeks later with a banned account so it got connected to mine.

With lemmy was active as reddit. Now it's just a read only site for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I left reddit one December (think it was 2023). They showed off thier Reddit Recap. Realised I switched from windows to linux to AVOID data collection, then use an app that gladly showed off all the data they collect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days 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] 1 points 1 day ago

Yes except for niche subs. I visit reddit about once a week now instead of daily. Can't wait for the day to come when I can leave for good.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I've still got an account. But I jumped over during the API debacle. I'm sure if I stayed I would have been banned for commenting on the Luigi situation, or calling Musk and Trump out for the dimwitted little Nazi fucks they are.

But I'm here! A proud little lemming just feeling blessed AF to be here with all you nerds!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not banned, I was banned in r/Korea for posting a link to my own peertube instance but nowhere else.

I just don't feel that me trying to make some rich guy even more rich makes a lot of sense when they behave so shitty to us.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I nuked my 11 year old account when I moved here.

Wave of the future!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I had been though it all, having joined about a year after the site first launched. I have witnessed multiple evolutions of the broader community and management. I could no longer support what I knew was coming next, so I bailed after 17 years due to the API fiasco.

Now I visit only by chance on searches and RSS subscriptions to a couple super niche subreddits that are more likely to disappear than migrate anywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Banned I don't know how to behave online.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Lemmy is a much nicer environment overall, so i moved here

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I like lemmy more and decided to get my accounts banned in reddit after I started using lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 2 days ago

I over-wrote and then deleted my nearly 20 years of posts/comments and then deleted my account.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Reddit has been getting worse and eventually they just stopped showing people my comments so I deleted my account. Pretty much the next day the warnings for upvotes started coming in.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I came here during the API thing then went back because it’s quiet here. Then I came back because I got into selfhosting and now I’m more dug in.

Idk why I would get banned from Reddit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I was enjoying it till a post I randomly clicked on showed a screenshot of a post I made here and that post was apparently removed by mods...

Assuming it was the one I said everything is going to Putin's plan--- tank the economy, billionaires lap it up, the US lose allies, and the next step is just taking orders right from Russia. Apparently that was "controversial"? Lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Never been on Reddit. I tried Masto as a Twitter alternative, figured Masto is a bad Twitter alternative but found this. It doesn't feel much like Reddit, but it does feel like old 90s forums, which I consider a feature, not a bug.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days 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] 3 points 2 days ago

I'm on mbin mostly. The japan-focused subreddits for legal, finance, etc. have so far refused to move. Once they move, I will be done with reddit entirely

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was briefly perma banned but it was bullshit so it was lifted on appeal, but it was wake up call. Reddit admins are getting kinda fashy so I decided after 14 years it was time to leave.

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