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Reddit is becoming a literal wasteland of dead accounts
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this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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I had my account of 12 years permabanned a few days ago. Never had an issue ever before the other day.
Wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary.
Reddit wants each sub to be an echo chamber of repeated comments, they basically want to be 2013 Imgur.
Viewing the post and scrolling is the level of engagement that matters to them. That alone generates revenue. Comments better fall in line
At least that’s my two cents. I’m a Reddit Renegade not an admin
Same here. 12 years and over a quarter million karma. Im not gonna say I was single handedly supporting the site or anything, but how many high karma long term users can they delete before the site is just pure garbage?
I love Lemmy and Im honestly glad I got permabanned from reddit over nothing. Being here reminds me of the early days of my time on Reddit, but a bit more diverse than that version of Reddit ever was. Even though there is still a pretty heavy white/young/tech skew here as there was back in the day. It doesnt feel like that is the only demographic that is here
I know exactly what you mean. I never cared about my karma BUT old timer accounts with a lot of karma (I think I only had like 180k) shows that they’re active. Don’t you want activity?
How many of the people here are from the earlier Reddit era? Maybe that’s why it’s got a different vibe. Reddit’s actually banning the people that have conversations and create content with opinions and arguments. Constructive or not.
I know personally, I feel like a post is engaging when I go in and there are Zero comments. /s
Anyway, fuck you Spez.
Yeah, I was on Reddit way back, like many who have left I was very active, like half a mil karma, bla bla. Didn't get banned, the API thing was the final straw for me. I've been on Lemmy since then and prefer it. Also, whilst I contribute here I spend less of my time on Lemmy, which means I'm reading more books and stuff. Leaving Reddit was absolutely the right decision. I think sunk cost keeps a lot of people there, even though karma isn't a real thing and the site is turning to shit.