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[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 29 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Once I got banned like a thousand times within the span of 5 minutes because I reported a pro-Trump post as child abuse. I assume it really triggered some admin.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sound more like you learned the hard way what "abusing the system" mean.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They found out the hard way that abuse is only tolerated if you have passed a certain wealth threshold.

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