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

I was a mod who decided fuck spez when he killed my app

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, I suggested a violent act that foreigners perpretated Should be prepetrated in the foreigner's land. It included the incineration of 3 persons in a car from an aerial weapon platform.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Lemmy is catching up on Reddit. The technical forums/c/r are not as useful yet, and not enough of the hardware suppliers monitor the/their Lemmy communities.

Once that changes over I don't need Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Left due to the API stuff due to Apollo getting axed. Loved that Christian recorded their calls and exposed how crappy they were for blaming things on him. Fun drama, but I left and never looked back.

It’s still a bit of an echo chamber of sheep in here but I haven’t really tried different servers to find like minded ppl. I like the mod of the server I’m on and that’s cool for me for now.

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

Never used reddit

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

I prefer this community.

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

The spez protests led to a lot of people sharing alternatives on Reddit and when I heard there was an open source alternative, checked it out and saw posts about Linux and beans I knew I'd never go back.

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

I think so? I used to browse the site over breakfast, and one morning, Apollo couldn't connect. I don't want to cause trouble by trying to log in, if I'm banned, so I have not tried to log in another way.

🀭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No, but I'm banned from:

  • r/republican for asking if they have ever heard about besieged fortress syndrome
  • r/twoXchromosomes for telling a mod that she's bullying a person who disagreed with her in a discussion about abuse - like an abuser would (the mod was trying to rally other people into joining her into cyberbulling)
  • r/menslib for writing that being a victim is not an excuse in a thread about a 20-something yo woman grooming young girls into porn (she herself too was groomed).
  • some political ones for "hate speech against Russians" - for cursing them and their invasion of Ukraine.
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Just left during the API thing. I've rarely been back, mostly to the subreddits for games I play (unfortunately still the best communities for them) but I used to spend hours a day there, and now it's minutes a month if that much.

Never banned or even shadowbanned as far as I know.

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

I like Lemmy. Reddit is too corporate now

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

Wasn't banned. left due to Corporatism.

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

Permanently banned for asking a really stupid question. I was having a big self-hate episode, and asked the question to affirm that I deserve something.

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

My reddit username is tied to multiple embarassing things I did when I was a lot more immature, during my early 10s, and now that I'm in my late 10s, I'd rather not have my embarassing 2018 things affect my 2025 things.

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

On average I think I end up spending more time on reddit, but I contribute to and like this community a lot more.

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

I am the one who bans

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

I’m not banned, but prefer Lemmy more, or at least the idea of it. I come here first, browse around the communities I’m subscribed to, and then shift over to Reddit to browse again. Unfortunately, I’m still seeing more interesting things to me over there, people gushing over Alan Wake, talking up the war in Helldivers, chatting about ways to buy things locally instead of American, etc, the topics I’m interested in.

I do find that things keep getting more interesting here, more discussions I’m keen on seem to be surfacing, and I take that as a good sign.

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

I got a new account after my old one got banned but now I never challenge the echo chamber. I just ban/block obnoxious subs and users to avoid the temptation. I stay mainly for some interest groups there and local subs.

Saw one mod in a sub bragging about how they banned lots of users for challenging a post and they were getting cheered on. Wonder if that is in line with reddit's policy?

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

How can you circumvent a reddit ban?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

You don't, you wait it out until they stop blocking that IP or email. New account.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I got banned because one of the mods of r/entertainment didn’t like a joke I made. After I appealed it it was denied by admins because β€œthe moderators need to be able to protect their communities”.

My joke: β€œ1 like=1 wank 🫑 ”

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

I find it super funny honestly, because I left Reddit because of shit moderation and a gross bias toward liberal posts in the moderation (ironic now). Then I come here to escape, which I'm realizing is a very liberal a platform, and I'm noticing that it wasn't that it was leftist leaning, the people were just insufferable.

I routinely find things in common with people across the aisle here and the content is way more objective.

I never got perma banned, but I was silenced enough to know that it wasn't good for my mental health to stay. Lemmy is great. I think this is a platform where people can actually just meet in the middle and talk. I got banned from Mastadon on my first day, so it was a no go.

But banana bread, at fucking work bro? HELL. YEAH.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Got sick of seeing the same anger farming shit every day, then found out about the luigi censorship and just left. Honestly best choice. I'm enjoying lemmy so far, and the control I have over my experience.

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

Permabanned for being mean to Elon.

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

left reddit due to nazis

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

I came here when they made the API changes. I made the right choice. Rn Lemmy doesn't offer the variety and volume of content that Reddit did, but fuck those guys.

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

both of my accounts are still up, i just like Lemmy more

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

I hate reddit. Love lemmy.

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

I deleted reddit after the CEO made shitty decisions. So only Lemmy. So far it has been a much better experience.

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

The API killing my preferred third party app did it for me. And the blatant astroturfing/karma farming also meant that it wasn't a good experience on there.

I will say though, the Reddit hivemind effect is still present on Lemmy. Though I think there's less tepid posts to raise account karma here.

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

Reddit had its advantages but when they forced everyone to have r/all as a default sub I feel like the content really started going downhill and all the subs started becoming the same. Then when the API thing happened I realized it wasn't going to get better, they were determined to become Facebook.

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

I left Reddit after they bent the knee to M*sk.

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

Lemmy has a variety of fresh opinions, and I like how everyone has different experiences. For example, I hardly see a unified opinion on what people think of Gen-Xers, Millenials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha. They seem well-distributed and for the most part, there's less of those subtle reddit-style "generalizations" here. I typically look for internet spaces that emulate reality, and I think Lemmy does that well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I got admin banned for saying riot police should quit en masse after RvW. The thread was full of right wingers so the topmost comments were sexist as shit. Half the thread got banned.

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

I was never banned on Reddit (did get the boot from like 3 subs but that was in 10 years of redditing) β€” but I manually purged my account when I left.

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

Got permabanned. I was one of the last protestors from the API stuff standing.

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