I can't even view the website anymore. It gives me this. Does the same thing from my home PC and my work PC.

It's a massive pain in the ass because when I google search for information, half the results are from reddit. Those results are all useless now. I can't see the information.

Fuck that place. Fuck the shit-eating motherfuckers who are running it into the ground. I'm so tired of self-entitled elitism. Someone needs to tell these fuckers that they're not better than anyone else and just because they don't like someone's opinion that's not a good reason to exclude them, silence them, and isolate them. WTF.

Ironically, it worked with one of Mullvad VPN servers.

This is just something I've noticed and I don't understand, that being that there seems to be a strange difference between a suspension and a ban.

When someone is banned from the platform, they still completely exist. You can go through all of their posts and all of their comments, and the only difference for them will be that they have a big red bar now at the top and they can't engage with the platform.

Suspensions are different for some reason though. When someone gets suspended, they are completely wiped off the platform. All of their posts and comments are automatically hidden/removed, and you can't view their profile anymore. I've also noticed that getting a suspension is different for the user too. Instead of just telling you you've been banned, your profile picture will for some reason turn back to the default, and every time you click it, a server error message comes up at the top, however you can still click away at it and access your profile and such. But like it doesn't tell you that your account is suspended. You can only see that message if you try to access that profile on a different account or on an incognito tab.

I've also noticed that users never get given a reason for being suspended, or even alerted that they have been, whereas bans usually come with a reason.

What is the reasoning for this difference? One would think that a suspension is lighter than a ban, but it seems like suspensions just like Thanos-snap you off the platform without mercy, whereas a permaban at least keeps your account alive and gives you the chance to appeal. It's just a really weird discrepancy I've noticed and was wondering if anyone has noticed as well, or even knows why?

My Previous Post (Read it first, as this post might not make sense to you, without reading the previous post first)

I saw a lot of people defending Ars Technica in my previous post. Here is a simple proof that they are an evil company:

ProPublica Posts:

Ars Technica post:

As it can be seen here, the original source of the info/Investigation was Propublica and even in terms of the story cover photo, Propublica used a custom cover.

Yet, despite all of that, as expected Reddit manipulated upvotes to boost the Ars Technica story and even deleted the second ProPublica story from Reddit.

Journalism will be fucked up, because of Condé Nast and their parent company manipulation.

They want your content to make their site worth visiting, they just don't want you

I was reading a YC dissident's blogpost midway when I refreshed the page. Just like that Poof! with big brother magic it's now forever gone from the interwebs. Apparently OP has "Changed His Mind" to the point of deleting it instead of updating it, fancy that.

The post died in silence with only one witness - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35373019#44204676

I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

I found Reddit about 6 years ago, took a little while to understand what it was about but when I finally got it, I felt like I had found the best place on the internet. Somewhere I could be my true self without being myself. Every time I logged in, I felt free. Like solo roaming the streets of a new city in a foreign country for the first time. Intellectual conversation, assistance on vague problems, sharing life experiences, advice, watching porn you didn’t know existed, and then slipping out the back door when you were done.

As many here already know, those days are gone. The freedom is gone, it feels like a communist regime and it seems that their success is their downfall. The entire personality of Reddit has changed and will never come back, it even shows in the users. The community is broken, unauthentic and the Truth has left the conversation. Freedom is dead over there. What a shame. It’s like my favorite bar burnt down.

But the thing that really gets me is that it didn’t just change, it became the exact opposite. It has become the exact reason why someone built it, in the first place.

I read that it’s attracting the most new users of all the social apps. Best performing app, which means the end is near. Soon it will just be a limb of the pretend society that we used to hide from behind the walls of Reddit. And for some reason, I just want to see it burn.

From this article:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-30/-the-haves-and-have-yachts-review-how-the-ultrarich-destabilized-the-us

Wife sent me a Reddit link. I clicked on it and this is what I see.

Auto modded? On a subreddit about venting? Wtf.

Remember how everyone agreed it was probably her, we had hella high upvote posts, see none of them now only found one filled with skeptics

Am I the only one who really hates that comment section is slowly turning into gen-z discord channel where people communicate in reaction gifs?

I know I've been kind of going crazy with my posts, but I've just been thinking about this a lot. I think I've come to the conclusion that Reddit is probably trying to no longer be a forum board.

As people have pointed out, Reddit is making it increasingly difficult to actually post or comment on their platform. Firstly, half of the subreddits have stupid karma or account age requirements which makes it so you can barely post anywhere. On top of that, even if you do meet these obscure requirements, half the time the automod will flag you as a spammer or something and take it down instantly.

I won't go too long on this, but obviously banning is a big thing too. Reddit just indiscriminately bans everyone nowadays. They don't even need to give you a reason, they'll just permaban you for nothing and that's that. And they enforce their rules with absolutely zero mercy. No warnings, no second chances, all infractions regardless of how tiny or massive they are carry the same exact punishment and that is a lifelong ban from the entire platform. Not to mention their AI is so advanced that not even going into witness protection could hide you from their ban evasion detection systems, so good luck trying to dodge that.

You know what's super easy though? Scrolling through posts. There are absolutely zero hiccups or roadblocks when you scroll through the front page. It is only when you try to actually contribute to the site that Reddit basically makes it a full-time job for you to work out their systems.

I can only assume that Reddit is seriously just trying to eliminate actual human engagement from their platform. Why? Because if someone is posting on a sub or commenting on a post, then they aren't scrolling, and if they aren't scrolling, then they aren't getting ads. Reddit is just taking the Dead Internet Theory to the extreme basically. No human engagement, just scroll scroll scroll. It has literally become the exact opposite of what a discussion board is supposed to be, and basically is becoming some amorphous Instagram wannabe where you just scroll endlessly and never actually engage with any content on the website. Who knows though who's gonna actually be making posts once all of the actual users are gone, probably just AI?

Anyway, there's my rant. It'll probably be my last post for a while on this topic, I am just so sick and tired of Reddit. It has put the internet is this stupid stranglehold where there is no forum board that is even remotely as populated as it, but simultaneously eliminating all aspects of it that give me a reason to use it, so there is just this black hole right now that Reddit refuses to fill seemingly. I'll keep an eye on Lemmy and other platforms for now and see how they grow, but for now I probably just won't be using any discussion forums anymore because they basically don't exist for what I want.

Thank you everyone for commenting on my posts and teaching me about this side of Reddit, and sorry for this insanely long post!

When I say dead users, I mean ones who have been banned, suspended, or deleted (probably after they got banned). I see this so often when browsing posts, and it is so reflective of the problems I have been faced with as well. I'll be scrolling through a post, and sometimes unironically like 50% of all comments have the stupid little profile picture with its back turned, and when I hover over it it has either been suspended or deleted.

I have been having major issues where I've basically been permanently wiped off the platform over some bullshit permaban and can't get it appealed, and it is just shocking that so many other people are obviously just getting completely swept away by these same bullshit bans. How is Reddit going to survive like this? It's to the point where any sort of long-term engagement on the site just seems impossible because soon enough the CIA-level, all seeing AI will catch you in its net and then you're done.

Even if they miraculously change their system to not have the world's most oppressive ban system, what happens to everyone who's already been banned? Will a decent percentage of the entire platform just be fucked for life because they were on the platform at the wrong place and the wrong time?

So why the hell does reddit ban people so easily? I got banned from one games sub for something i did not do and could not contact the mods since they also banned me from doing that.

So only option left is to make a new account so i get access to the sub so i can ask for help there since i had problems with the game. Well it worked and i got my problem with the game solved but after that i got permanently banned for ban evasion :/

There was no ill intent with any of my posts and was wrongfully banned the first time. Sure ban evasion is forbidden but it should not be so strictly moderated, concidering that a person can be banned by a mod just because they misunderstand one of ur comments or just generally want to cause harm to some users. There needs to be a way to avoid mods abusing their power and only way to do so is making a new account.

Now there is no way for me to get help with the game if i ever have more problems, or anyway i can help someone else who has problem i know how to solve. That's unreasonable.

I can enter and see comments on every other reddit post appart from that one , so it isnt anything on my side ... all bow down to wish. com hitler and his cronies

How does Reddit store IP addresses? I couldn't find a clear nor recent answer.

I recently saw a local community where commenters were getting subpoenas based on IP addresses. The post was >1 y/o by time of subpoena. Reddit of course complied and released IP addresses to the court.

But that makes me wonder: what if you moved house since making the comment? What if you moved INTO a place where the IP address was used by someone else to make the comment?? Is it based on your IP at time of commenting? Is it based on IP at time of logging in to that session? Or does the IP address of all my previous comments continuously update itself based on where I log in each time? What would appropriate VPN use look like when making potentially sensitive comments?

Thanks tech buds, LLL, bye

Nuclear reactors I had to edit the title bc it autocorrected it to nuclear tractors at first lmao

Here is the post

On Friday, May 23rd, Trump signed an executive order to loosen federal regulations nuclear safety, and a Louisiana state news source posted the article.

To speed up the development of nuclear power, the orders grant the U.S. energy secretary authority to approve some advanced reactor designs and projects, taking authority away from the independent safety agency that has regulated the U.S. nuclear industry for five decades.

The order comes as demand for electricity surges amid a boom in energy-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence. Tech companies, venture capitalists, states and others are competing for electricity and straining the nation’s electric grid.

Sunday, there were sudden blackouts across several parts of Louisiana.

The outages on Sunday hit homes served by Entergy and Cleco in parts of Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. The popular Greek Festival along Bayou St. John was also affected, forcing it to take cash only for a period of time and extend its hours with free entry.

The outage raises questions about why the spike in electricity usage caught MISO, the grid operator that ordered the outage, off guard, local officials said. Some also alleged that MISO granted only a short notice for the outage directive.

Two nuclear power plants, both operated by Entergy, were out of commission as of May 23 and remained so on Sunday, according to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s website and local officials. One was down for planned maintenance. The other went offline last week, and “tripped” as Entergy tried to bring it back online, Lewis said.

The grid operator is blaming higher than average temperatures, but it wasn't even that hot. I actually spent most of the day outside because it was pretty pleasant on Sunday.

Currently, Louisiana is trying to to fast-track environmental permitting for advanced nuclear projects under a bill that aligns the state with a national effort to accelerate next-gen reactor development and in April, Louisiana joined a lawsuit with several other states to challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s “utilization facility rule,” a licensing requirement that applies uniformly to all nuclear reactors, regardless of size or risk profile.

Landry said the state is amenable to the development of small modular reactors, or SMRs, with a capacity to produce up to 300 megawatts of electricity. By comparison, Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Mississippi, which provides part of the utility’s power, has more than 1,400 MW of generation capability

“Joining this lawsuit is about defending our ability to pursue advanced energy solutions like SMRs — solutions that are reliable, clean and essential for economic development in the State,” Landry said in a LDEQ news release. A 2022 research study from Stanford University that found small modular reactors may actually exacerbate challenges of highly radioactive nuclear waste, which makes the governor's statement seen a big misleading.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta data center is still under construction in Louisiana, but as of May 16th, had caught the attention of House Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse for seeming to ignoring previous climate commitments, as well as the New Orleans based alliance for Affordable Energy, and the Union of Concerned Scientists for a lack of transparency and concerns regarding community pollution.](https://www.theverge.com/news/668934/meta-ai-data-center-gas-energy-climate-sustainability)

I feel like people of Louisiana should know that SNRs are not as a perfectly reliable and clean as the Governor might believe they are, so I posted an article about the bill on Reddit. There seemed to be a big influx of people in Louisiana that felt very strongly that this was the correct path for Louisiana, and that SNRs wouldn't pose the same risk as other nuclear reactors. Instead of arguing back and forth with them, I just decided to make a new post and include some information provided by the Union of Concerned Scientists in their article Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Even casual followers of energy and climate issues have probably heard about the alleged wonders of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). This is due in no small part to the “nuclear bros”: an active and seemingly tireless group of nuclear power advocates who dominate social media discussions on energy by promoting SMRs and other “advanced” nuclear technologies as the only real solution for the climate crisis.

Here are five facts about SMRs that the nuclear industry and the “nuclear bros” who push its message don’t want you, the public, to know.

1. SMRs are not more economical than large reactors.

2. SMRs are not generally safer or more secure than large light-water reactors.

3. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.

4. SMRs cannot be counted on to provide reliable and resilient off-the-grid power for facilities, such as data centers, bitcoin mining, hydrogen or petrochemical production.

5. SMRs do not use fuel more efficiently than large reactors.

Now I'm permabanned from my state's subreddit.

You get perm banned. You delete your account. You wait 6 months with zero interaction with the reddit site. You clean out all the reddit cookies in your browser. You delete any reddit extensions that you may have in your browser. You use a different email for verification. But you still use your original IP. Anyone ever try this?

I'm sure some people have seen some of my prior posts. It seems it has become entirely impossible for me to ever use the platform again, regardless of whatever steps I take. I've recently resorted to emailing Reddit's support team and submitting appeals.

Unfortunately, in the past month, I've only ever gotten a response from them once, saying that my ban will be staying in place without giving any reason. Is there any way at all I can get into contact with someone? They have no phone number and no email, and when you submit tickets on their website they very very rarely respond.

Despite the fact it's a wrongful ban, there seems to be zero accountability on Reddit's side, and they provide no means for the consumers to reach out to anyone and vouch for themselves. Is there any way I can maybe even get close to getting my ban overturned? Hell at this point I'm not even looking for them to unban me, at the bare minimum I'd just even like to know why I even got banned in the first place.