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.

  • courageousstep@lemm.ee
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    I’ve basically abandoned Reddit as well. I’ve been on for so long, but this bullshit makes me feel unsafe. If the platform is going to so blatantly side with those who would happily let me die for a few dollars (health insurance companies), then I don’t need to give them my attention or data anymore.

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      Welcome to Lemmy. Outside of niche subjects and local content I think this place has everything reddit does but with less bullshit. If people keep making the switch in large numbers we’ll build all those communities too and be better off for it.

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        I used the tool where I could import my Reddit subs to find similar communities here, and it surprised me how many communities I was a part of that the Reddit algorithm never let me see posts from. Also, it highlighted how much more infrastructure there is to build here. It’s exciting! Like the creative energy of expanding the Wild West but without the decimation of entire indigenous communities and the murder of innocent people and animal species.

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    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

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      21 days ago

      I have no skills as a moderator, sadly, I avoid responsibility as a lifestyle. Thanks for the warm welcome tho. :)

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    13 year account here, also banned for supporting Luigi. I tried to appeal, but the post had already been removed so I didn’t know what exactly I said that violated the rules, and my appeal was denied. This was a post I made back in December, mind you. They went looking for a reason to ban a Luigi supporter. They did homework.

    Somebody over there is really afraid of how popular Luigi’s actions are. I wonder why…

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        Its tough to sell liberals golden eagle coins (not legal tender) as an excellent investment from the franklin mint that have a really high numismatic value. Advertisers are no longer satisfied with having just any eyeballs on their worthless tripe. They demand the dumbest most gullible eyeballs. They could have saved themselves alot of effort and just directly targeted the churches however.

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    Reddit is a bot-infested hellscape. I got so mad when I learned that most AITAH posts and popular sub posts were just karma farmers preying on our attention. Lemmy seems to offer some relief. Happy to be here :)

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      Remember the time that they banned bots and didn’t get a new submission for like 48 hours on one of the most popular subs?

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    My main concern is that Luigi isn’t even confirmed to be the one to have pulled the trigger, right?

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          Nah, he didn’t do it, but someone definitely should’ve. Not Luigi tho, he was chillin’ at my house that whole week.

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    Permabanned for “glorifying or inciting violence” by replying to a post about Elon Musk under a dinosaur poop meme, where someone asked “what should the would richest man do?” with “he should eat shit and die”.

    Here for good.

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    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.

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      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.

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          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

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      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.

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        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.

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    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).

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        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.

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    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??

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      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.

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        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.

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      I got my badge of honor during the API purge, when I mass edited all of my old comments before deleting them. It’s a little more quiet here, but it honestly reminds me of the early Reddit days. If you tag users, you’ll start to see just how small of a community it actually is; I see my tags all over the place in nearly every comment section.

      If you haven’t done so, consider looking into the various apps. Voyager (sometimes called Wefwef by the older users) is a sort of spiritual successor to Apollo. So if you’re an old Apollo user, you’ll likely feel right at home.

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    Yeah, I was on Reddit for over a decade. And the changes especially in these past couple years have been so dramatic. I received a seven day band today for like the third time and finally deleted the app and here I am . No looking back.

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    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.

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      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.