Hello r/TheDeprogram friends!
I was one of the mods of our beloved community, and it's truly lovely to see you all here! 🙂
First things first, I want to thank our friends here at Lemmygrad (along with Hexbear.net and Lemmy.ml) for being so great and providing us with such an amazing place to reconnect. Thanks to them and their efforts at ProleWiki, we can still view our old Wiki here and our old Study Guide here. Of course, Lemmygrad also has plenty of other reading suggestions!
If you're new to Lemmy, you can find great resources on which app to use and how to browse Lemmy in general right here.
The ban itself is frustrating. The other mods and I did our best to create a nice community for everyone, and we tried hard to avoid a repeat of r/genzdong. However, we didn't expect the Reddit team to ban us immediately like that, without any warning or communication. I guess it shows how based we were as a community lol.
As of now, the other mods and I are waiting to hear about possible updates from the Reddit team regarding our appeals (which can be submitted here), but I would say to operate under the assumption that the ban could be permanent.
I have a lot more that I could say, of course, but I want to close with a more personal message: you all have been splendid! ❤️
I personally loved seeing you shitpost just as much as I enjoyed seeing you offer informative and educational answers in the sub. As someone who joined Lemmygrad after r/genzdong was quarantined, it truly gave me hope to see so many new comrades (and some old ones with their alt accounts too haha) join us at r/TheDeprogram every day. It really helped remind me that regardless of how many subreddits and communities get shut down for being too inconvenient to the people on top, they cannot stop people from being curious, looking for answers, and creating their own communities in any way they can.
I will see you all around!
I also linked the Wiki and study guide in the sidebar for easy access