So yesterday I received a 7-day ban for ‘encouraging violence’, for saying that Luigi Mangione did not deserve to go to jail. It was obviously bullshit, somebody got a little hair-trigger on the new directive from Der Fuhrer spez or something, so I appealed. That appeal was reviewed and the temp ban lifted and the ‘offending’ comment restored, but 11 hours prior to that I got another message that I had been perma-banned for violating Reddit’s rules with my ‘other account(s)’. Well that’s also bullshit because I’ve had exactly one (1) account in the 14 years I’ve been on reddit, so I appealed that too, and thus we get to the cherry on top: I am no longer banned, I can post and such again, but they sent me the above message saying that my appeal had been denied and that the perma-ban was staying in place. But rather than linger in reddit limbo, I think I’m gonna switch permanently to lemmy. 14 years worth of curating subs will suck to redo, but oh well, life is change.
I got permabanned during the women’s March for cheering on the March posters and such. I started and admined the /keitruck sub reddit. I also had some other subreddits that weren’t as big. Keitruck is pretty small though. All that work for nothing. So I didn’t fight the ban, just moved here. Good move! Now I only go to reddit from accidentally clicking on web searches. Who knows WTF is going on.
I dumped Reddit over the weekend.
They may all go to hell, and I will go to Lemmy.
It’s been almost two years since my exodus. I’ve popped in Reddit a few times for specific information, but I noticed I just feel like crap when I do. It’s just so toxic. I didn’t notice it until I spent time in Lemmy.
bring your subs, bring your friends!
Welcome to the Lemmy BDSM convention!
Hello
Hi!
My main concern is that Luigi isn’t even confirmed to be the one to have pulled the trigger, right?
But even if he was, I still don’t think he should go to jail for it.
Luigi didn’t do it but if he did do it, Brian Thompson deserved it!
Nah, he didn’t do it, but someone definitely should’ve. Not Luigi tho, he was chillin’ at my house that whole week.
14 years worth of curating subs will suck to redo, but oh well, life is change.
Please feel free to create the communities you find are missing still! Things are smaller and slower here, but that means that even in the popular threads, people will actually see and read your comments rather than them disappearing in an ocean of bots or (DELETED).
If I come across something I can’t find here I will certainly do that.
I’m using Voyager and you can copy the link for all of your subscribed subreddits (if you haven’t deleted your account yet) and enter it into the app. It will search Lemmy for similar communities.
The adjustment can be a little awkward at first but there’s plenty to do on Lemmy if you take some time to learn how things work and how to get the most out of it.
If you’re the type of person that enjoys posting and guiding topics there’s no shortage of people hungry for content on Lemmy. There are lots of active communities but even more that are still trying to get off the ground or need someone interested to adopt them.
Whatever your interests, https://lemmyverse.net/ is a great way to find communities for the topics you care about if you aren’t finding them on lemmy.world.
I hope your time here is more enjoyable than where you’re coming from.
Thanks! Honestly it’s been less of an adjustment than I expected. Took a couple hours to read about it and figure out how it works, picked a server, and jumped right in. The big thing is that I’m losing that whole curated sub list that I’m going to have to replicate, but I’m sure it’ll take care of itself.
If you happen to use or try the Voyager app they have a migration tool that is supposed to work well.
Interesting, I’ll take a look at that, thanks!
Welcome! There are dozens of us
Dozens now, hundreds tomorrow, thousands next week.
52K / 12 = 4.3K dozens to be exact
Didn’t I see you at the convention in Munich last year?
Cadby, from the consulate right? This is so weird!
Curating subs? I see it as more of “creating my own bubble”. Lemmy is a good way to kinda expose myself to other stuff for a change and not just the reddit hive mind.
I mean, how many times have you opened a post and knew what the top 3 comments would be??
Weeeelllll… technically there are a couple of Lemmy cliches, but you make a good point. Canned bot responses to farm karma are certainly awful, with the only human exception being “look up en passant” because that was intentional predicability.
I’ve seen one person respond to something here with simply “this is the way,” and the flashbacks were real
Getting annoyed just reading that in quote form. The obsession with “I think you should leave” is getting too much too. I love that show and they’re making me like it less by constantly referencing it.
Welcome, glad to have you aboard!
Thanks, glad to be here!
This same thing happened to me twice in one week. I haven’t had a ban on my account in 14 years. I’ve given up on Reddit and just deleted my account. Fuck them if they want to treat us like we’re children. I won’t use their platform again.
Paranoid me says they’re trying to ban all of the older accounts with clear liberal bias. 14 years for me too and my permaban was for saying I’d “take a couple with me” if Nazis ever came for me. Appealed and upheld.
Crazy to think defending yourself is something worthy of a ban, but here we are. Fuck 'em I guess. They won’t make money off of me and I won’t post to their communities. Sounds like a lose/lose situation for them.
Yeah it’s been getting increasingly fashy over there. They’ve blocked topics before, but to my knowledge they’ve never banned people for upvoting something. It’s crazy. Next they’re going to start banning any anti-Israel content as antisemitic, or anything pro-Palestine as promoting terrorism or whatever. It’s gotten MUCH worse since the IPO, too, so it’s clearly being done for the benefit of the advertisers.
Reddit already heavily censors anything pro-Palestinian.
I have said some pretty aggressively and unambiguously pro-Palestine things over there and never been dinged once for it, so I haven’t seen it. shrug
Although I did notice that certain of my comments would act like they posted only to not actually post, to the point that I’ve taken to writing longer posts in notepad and pasting them over, and the ones that fail all seem to have something to do with Israel or Palestine. But usually a couple of attempts at posting them gets through, so… shrug
Welcome to the Fediverse! If you’ve been on Reddit for 14 years, you were attracted to what it once was. Lemmy is that, but a whole lot better, and your skills as a moderator will be highly valued here. In fact, if you are looking to start up any new communities hmu and I’ll see about giving you a hand.
Also, here’s your obligatory Saint Luigi blessing for the banned:
remember kids:
A place in heaven is reserved for those who speak truth to power
I have no skills as a moderator, sadly, I avoid responsibility as a lifestyle. Thanks for the warm welcome tho. :)
It is too much pressure for Reddit to have this many users. They’re doing their best to get rid of them. It’s just too much to handle… Poor Reddit
Help Reddit’s well-being by leaving it and join Lemmy today!
“Damn users trying to comment on stuff. Just shut up and keep scrolling instead. Our bots can handle the comments.”
lmfao fuck reddit cause this is so true
Probably will trick a lot of lurkers
These companies are revealing their true colors now that they think it’s acceptable to do so.
