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I’ve been banned for saying pro luigi or similar stuff, but since I am not attached to my account I just make a new one. The most annoying part of getting banned is just resubbing to your preferred subreddits. I prefer lemmy now days anyway and it is nice to see familiar usernames now and then and I don’t get as annoyed seeing constant liberalism. I still use Reddit for some things like really niche subjects, questions, or hobbies and people can be genuinely helpful in some subreddits ngl.
I also find the moderation here to be much fairer and more protective of vulnerable groups.
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Well I’m queer, and apparently the ceo is MAGAt
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Reddit didn’t permanently ban me, I permanently banned it. It started with Reddit killing third-party apps, but nowadays Reddit is a Nazi bar, so there’s no going back.
Nope, not banned, chose to leave. Realized most of my anxiety and fear were due to Reddit’s algorithm amping up my issues.
Was banned from a couple of subs for promoting Lemmy though.
it doesnt get talked about enough how bad reddit is for your mental health, glad you got out 🙏
very much so! lemmy has been a godsend for me.
i knew i was too weak to avoid reddit; so i tried to get them to ban me by breaking all of the rules and they wouldn’t.
so i setup a blacklist in my own dns w an 8 hour timeout and a 30 minute window to force myself to stay away.
I started winding down when Alexis Ohanian fired the AMA subreddit’s organizer; lied to her face; and blamed Ellen Pao (CEO at the time).
I started going there only when desperate after the API scandal.
The only thing that I miss is the ability to see just the subreddits I specify in the url (i.e. r/news+technology+worldnews+etc+etc)deleted by creator
I just joined Lemmy today. I found out about it through a piracy site of all things. If it were viable I would replace everything in my life with open-source alternatives. I’m tired of companies getting greedy and ruining the things I love.
Make sure you check out places like [email protected], on there and other communities on that site there be many a sailor like you. What’s better is you can participate without having to make a new account!
Welcome to Lemmy! Just by being here you’re about to find out (whether you like it or not!) just how viable it is to replace (almost) everything in your life with open source alternatives, it’s just seems to be part of the (awesome) culture around here. Enjoy!
Left on the API troubles went back once or twice for warframe and other small comunities but been liking here much better. I engage with people in here. It doesn’t feel like screaming into the void.
I came voluntarily after the third party app debacle. I never even used a third party app, it had just gotten so ridiculous that when moderators were putting together a blackout in protest, I made the decision that’s when I was leaving and never returning, so that’s what I did.
I came as soon as the app i used stopped working.
cleared all the posts and comments from my accounts over there way before that though. they were signaling their enshitification a lot earlier than that.
Adding to say I have the same experience. Not banned, never used a TPA, but downloaded RIF Is Fun when people were writing up a storm just to see what was even going on. When the blackouts happened, I saw the more and more unhinged shit the Reddit administration was doing to stifle the protests and decided to make my blackout permanent from then onward. My exposure to the Fediverse has entirely changed how I interact with megacorps and software now. If it’s not FOSS or DRM free stuff on my device, I don’t want anything to do with it. Obviously getting to 100% on that is a very tall order, but I’ve been making a lot of headway since 2023.
Even in spite of the vast disparity in quantity of content, I would vastly prefer Lemmy to current Reddit without contest. Even aside from the massive brain drain the blackout had, and all the ad related enshittification, imagine being punished for even upvoting awesome things like Luigi Mangione? Now instead of the countless years I spent leaving my art and constant comments to boost some boneheaded corporation, I can post them here and be involved with a movement controlled by individuals. A movement made for and funded by each other, instead of lining greedy pockets.
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Same, I didn’t have a 3rd party app either. When it was super apparent that it was mostly bots, I used the exit of so many people to add to it. It was the best move I could have made.
Well, disruption can create growth or stagnation. I guess it’s up to us to decide which path we’ll walk. I’m glad to share this one with good people such as yourself, for as long as it lasts. We may not always agree, we may accidentally trigger each other, but as long as it’s accidental (and I guess that’s where we walk by faith, not being in each others ’ heads to know for sure), and we choose to examine and heal the wound that was poked, then we’re each others ’ students, teachers, and wounded healers. It takes comraderie to learn and grow together, and I’m so *glad we are doing just that!
I used Redd is Fun for years, even paid for the ad free version. Moved to Boost as the API debacle as the wave slowly started killing aps. Tried the official app for 2.5 seconds & hated it.
Moved to Lemmy & been loving it since.
I still use reddit on desktop, but it’s all Lemmy on mobile thanks to Boost.
Both, I’m sure I could make a new account if I wanted but I don’t want to contribute to their dumpster fire of a website anymore anyway
Just like what lemmy stands for. I still visit reddit from time to time, mostly to use it to search for real product feedback (the window for which it will be useful is limited) and for a few niche communities that lemmy just isn’t big enough to get any traction with. I post very occasionally in said communities.
I just like Lemmy more. No NFTs, or Karma meaning anything. It feels like it was plucked from an older time.
But obv the smartest most helpful ppl on any given topic have old reddit accounts with a lot of karma so they can post? That prob killed amas too, celebs prob didnt have enough karma to make a post
For someone saying karma doesn’t mean anything you’re sure farming lots of it! Making good comments and shit worthy of upvotes! You’re quite a terrible hypocrite!
Ironically (though it’s hard to tell) I think their profile picture may be Hypocrites.
same
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Oh yeah, that’s insane. One sub’s mod banned me because someone was confused over an “F word” someone else was being ambiguous about. I educated them with “I believe they mean “faggot”.” Lol I took that bait but I believe education and strong community spirit is more important than bending the knee to excessive censorship.
