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[–] 168 points 1 year ago (7 children)
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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I mean back when duolingo has discussions or what they called it, you might write nasty stuff. But now, imagine being banned for the wrong translation.

    I haven't used duolingo for a few weeks because my hack to have infinite hearts broke again and I'm too lazy to put in the effort even tho it's not that difficult actually

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm gonna be real, Duolingo is literally only good for motivation and easy vocab review. It has been years since I used it, but the best advice I got on that website was when forums still existed and people told me that the translations for JP were shit and to learn somewhere else, which is probs why those forums got deleted.

    If you have to use hacks to not be bored/deal with the bullshit, then just leave man. It's not worth the bird begging you to come back. Find stuff online, YT (unfortunately) is your friend for resources.

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  • [–] 77 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Gamified social media with streaks and fomo notifications for daily scrolling or posting or whatever is hilariously bad and transparent.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Wha... do you get some kind of reddit currency if you make a post that breaks 1000 upvotes, with a multiplier based on your log in streak length?

    Jesus Christ, these fucking dark pattern, microtransaction shit just needs to be universally banned.

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    [–] 68 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Many many years and ass loads of karma....

    But apparently LIKING posts can get you banned now. What a shit show.

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    And nothing of value was lost

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    Not op but I got perma banned for fighting with people who were defending massive pedophile Dr disrespect. They were arguing that "it was legal that means it's okay". I pointed out that the US is fucked and certain states have consent laws at 16. Legally he could fuck a 16 year old. However that doesn't change the fact that he's a pedophile scumbag regardless of legality.

    I was then banned for "child sexual content" :)

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  • [–] [S] 41 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well the sentence that initially got me a three day ban was "Hitler did nothing wrong" which I'm aware doesn't look good on paper but it was a quote and not my own words. According to Reddit the decision was automated so I appealed what I thought was an honest mistake and that's when they probably saw my recent posts promoting Lemmy and talking about Palestine and decided to ban me permanently. That or they didn't like that I filed an appeal. I haven't used Reddit nearly as much since getting on Lemmy anyway so this is more funny than annoying but still a weird way to go.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Not OP but I got banned on reddit atleast 4 times. Zero bans on Lemmy though.

    All for supposed harassment usually after having a disagreement in certain subreddits. Honestly could be anything their report system seems easy to abuse

    Now, I don't tend to have those on Lemmy nearly as much, but when the pedophile I was disagreeing with reported me here the mods were chill to hear my side after issuing me a warning.

    For both the more chill atmosphere and the better mods I like more here.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Lemmy. The support group for burned reddit veterans.

    We were there. We put in thousands of hours of work. Years of moderating. Free work. Content creators. People who commented. Voted. All that karma ...

    All gone cause you upvoted an anti trump or musk post. Or maybe you upvoted a photo of a tessler burning.

    Maybe you didn't think Luigi should get the death penalty.

    Don't worry brother. Upvote what you want. Be free with the rest of us.

    Check out https://lemmy.world/c/iselonmuskdeadyet

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hello everyone. You're not alone. I got banned like for 4-5 times, using local Ukrainian words that may look like slurs, but they aren't.

    I got unbanned, but I am still too scared to write anything about politics on Reddit. I want a working account there for IT questions.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I got banned for pointing out that ICE are a human trafficking terrorist gang

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    [–] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yep that’s why I’m here. They banned my 12 year account for sympathizing with Luigi.

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    [–] 28 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Reddit banned all the people that made it fun, now the only people left are the boring ones and bots lol

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    [–] 26 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    So is Lemmy the dumping ground for people getting banned on reddit now?

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    [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Can we talk about how screwed up that streak notification is? Let's encourage people who show signs of unhealthy usage of the platform to further their addiction?

    You have a 300 day streak of using heroin, don't stop now!

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Welcome, don't step in the Tankies on your way in.

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Someone should start Blueit. See cuz they blew it, get it?

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    [+] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)
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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    I've had my reddit account for 17 years and I received my first warning for inciting violence because I commented "this makes me want to make a whip and go to town on these people" (a reference to Jesus running out the money changers in the temple) on a video of a megachurch service showing a woman painting trump bowing to a cross.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My reddit account got a strike by an admin for describing the risks involved in traveling to the USA currently (abduction, torture for an undetermined amount of time). The appeal I made to that was accepted but it left a sour taste in my mouth.

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Welcome to the club!!!

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I canceled my reddit pro, or reddit+ account, whatever the f*ck it is called, and the ads, the ads.... Ads that look like posts, or comments. It's almost making me 100% Lemmy too.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Reddit used to be good enough to get people to post daily without cajoling

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I was permabanned without explanation and reinstated two weeks later, again without comment.

    I believe this tracks with what to expect should we ever see the tech-bro billionaires divide the world into monarchy fiefdoms ocer which rhey are each the unchallenged lord and master.

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I tried to like Reddit but every time I tried posting something I thought was original or thoughtful it would get auto deleted by a bot for not including the right "flair" or some other stupid shit.

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I still haven't been told I've been officially banned, they just give me server errors all the time (only on my main account, not when going on any other account/incogni)

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Reading all these ban stories, I'm glad I left during the API thing! I don't like censoring myself.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Oh this is me. Got banned from Reddit and am on lemmy fulltime.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Uh oh, did you suggest something that isn't aligned with corporate status quo enforcement?

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