Tryna be active on local servers but so many of them require real names, face pics, social media before even having ACCESS to the server. Like gee, could I atleast see what I'm missing out on? Just so I don't fall for a honey pot at the very least? I genuinely couldn't join them because I don't have social media, even if I did I wouldn't post my face to them (pre-requisite are socials with face in them)

Its very obvious they're all made by extremely tech and privacy illiterate people.

just got banned from worldnews for calling a ml user scum.

reason for ban?

banned multiple times

didn't know you could be banned because you've been banned before.

when I looked at who banned me, it seems they really don't like me across multiple communities over my entire lemmy history.

pretty sure I just pissed them off on one of their alts.

I have not once thought that first frame. I was a very early adopter of social media, but also early to feel and see the negatives. I don't understand how anyone who made the effort to get away from it could think what the first frame says.

Deleted every account years ago and never looked back. Recommend. The peace is enjoyable and Lemmy is chill.

A mod on here literally removed a whole thread I was in recently because they didn’t want to have to moderate the thread.

This again? Please post it again. Please

I had this exact experience on Lemmy, on blahaj actually, when a mod banned me for trying to give an honest and inclusive answer. Apparently I was feeding the trolls and banned as some kind of zero tolerance thing? No idea what happened but it reminded me of the Reddit mods who are irrationally angry at anyone who isn't 100% aligned with their world view.

Yeah, this place is only tolerable if you block a lot of users and communities. It's better by default than other places, but there's still a lot of horrible bile and toxicity hurled daily.

Welcome to lemmy

Everyone I know who uses social media has massive anxiety and self-esteem issues.

I miss hanging out with folks who didn't know what it was and thought it was weird. But now if you are like that you are the weird one. I also increasingly find myself in the situation with people trying to convince me I'm the one with anxiety/esteem issues if I'm not posting on social media for likes...

My Reddit experience in a nutshell.