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Basically what I mean is, did you also come here from reddit?

I came here after I got my Reddit account banned permanently. And the thing is, I don't exactly know why I got banned. Nor what I did wrong. I always tried to follow the rules, post and comment appropriately and nicely, but on New Year's Day last week, I got a message simply saying "Your account have been permanently banned for violating the rules.

But when I replied asking what rule or rules I unknowingly broke, they just messaged me back saying "you got banned because you violated the community guidelines". So now I'm here.

What about you? Are you also a Reddit Refugee?

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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Since the API exodus, yes.

I made a very conscious choice to leave reddit at that time, due to that particular bullshit, and I don't regret it.

Doesn't mean I don't miss reddit though, because I do. Reddit has a lot more traffic which obviously means a lot more content in the sort of niche communities I really love.

But I made the right choice. I don't want to be part of that any longer. And the more of us make this choice, the better things will be for us all.

[–] fif-t@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago

Pretty much the exact same for me

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

there are niche subs i miss, like drama of ytuber i used to follow(obscure ytubers, not the current grifters).

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I still follow my niche interests via the lurk-only app Stealth. It allows you to kinda follow subreddits you want like multireddits you could create with RES but you can't login so you can't post. Feels like an okay-ish third party reddit app.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Good to know that app is still being worked on. I used it in the past until around 2024 but stopped because it haven't had any update.

Good to see there's a couple from 2023 in 2025 :p