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Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I feel like there's a difference between various moderators power-tripping on their own little fiefdoms, and a site wide policy.

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

Good point. The other important difference is that on Lemmy you can jump to a different server. Once you get banned on Reddit, that's it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

A little, sure, but from my point of view (which you are happy to disagree with), very little.

Personally I am a big Star Trek fan. I was stoked to see there is an actual dedicated Lemmy server for it, with many communities focused around everything Star Trek. But I disagree with their admin/moderation so much I had to change my account to another server. At some point ended up blocking the whole instance because I just cannot keep myself to just reading what others are posting.

So even if I can use another server, I cannot use those communities. Similar if I were a vegan and would not agree with what some of the more extreme users are posting.

There are not many active alternatives for these communities on Lemmy.

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

I think your experience highlights the main difference, the ability to leave an instance and disengage with authoritarian assholes without having to leave Lemmy. On reddit your only options are to leave or comply.