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Is this like Reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by oceanbloom25@lemmy.world to c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

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How do I get people to see my community or know if people can find it? I was on Reddit for 2 days starting a community and got banned for NO REASON. I saw this was the closest thing to it so wanted to start here until Reddit (if they ever bother) checks my appeal.

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[–] oceanbloom25@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Does the down vote hurt anything? On Reddit I made a comment going “dang Reddit doesn’t let you delete your community”. I got -5 so deleted it 😂.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The userbase here is generally more positive, especially in hobby communities like the one you're making. Also, from what I'm seeing from your comments, you're already taking a careful and mindful approach to your community, so I don't expect you will run into any issues.

Feel free to promote your community on !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !communitypromo@lemmy.ca. You could even crosspost the New to YoTyan? Here's a quick introduction! post you made

Also, welcome! I didn't know about YoTyan, it looks fun. Looking forward to more updates on it. Just note that you might be the only one posting for the first little while, until people learn about the community and start participating. For some of my communities, I treated them like personal journals for a while until they picked up steam.

[–] oceanbloom25@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah that’s what I was doing on Reddit. I assumed it would be like any other platform building from scratch. I did one post a day third day got banned lol. Hopefully this site doesn’t ban people for posting 5 hours later or whatever.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think Reddit is an exception for that. A lot of people have been banned for the weirdest reasons. I get the feeling that they don't want to pay people to moderate at the admin level, and so they let their automated systems run amok. Since people and bots continue to make new accounts, this isn't a big deal for them (yet)

[–] oceanbloom25@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They banned me 2 days ago. I didn’t do anything wrong. I guess being active made me seem like a bot. They’re strict and it’s annoying. I appealed but I doubt I’ll ever get my account or community back.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 week ago

Downvotes don't really matter here. There is not "karma" in the same way as on Reddit.