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Reddit is so very confused.. (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 hours ago by libra00@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It seems like ever since the DOGE kids were posted on Reddit and Elon got mad the ban hammer has been out en force.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Every long term reddit bans and/or alienates and comes to lemmy, benefits us all. Welcome!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 8 hours ago

Reddit is doing that Microsoft strategy for Linux

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Same man, I've been on Reddit pretty much since 2005.

It seems like such a waste of 20 years of doom scrolling, imagine if I'd put that time into learning a trade, or another language...

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

You’re doom scrolling right now on lemmy.

If Reddit didn’t turn to shit I don’t see how your doom scrolling wasn’t already a waste of time.

But wasting time is the point right? You can’t spent every single minute of your day being productive.

It’s like people complaining that playing video games and watching moves is a huge waste of time. Like, durrrr, that’s the point.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

That's not how brains work, they need time to unwind, so you would've just found some other method to do that.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

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.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

bring your subs, bring your friends!

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Welcome to the Lemmy BDSM convention!

[–] elfin8er@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

The free market works in mysterious ways.

[–] FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If you happen to use or try the Voyager app they have a migration tool that is supposed to work well.

Example

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[–] SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I switched to Lemmy after r/news banned me for obvious hyperbole. Reddit used to be a place where dark humor in the face of absurd events was allowed. I'm not even sure if Lemmy is any better, but I've had all of the humor and interest in life beat out of me now, so I guess I'll be okay.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Yeeaaaah, I miss the dark humor, people here are sometimes a bit too literal. To be fair, they have their reasons, from being neurodivergent to being from cultures that just don't do dark humor. Our All feed really is everyone.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 8 hours ago

News sub on Lemmy.world is the same thing tbh but fedi is a big and the other news sub's on other servers who don't shill neo lib regime trash

[–] ennof@feddit.org 6 points 9 hours ago

Should something like this ever happen to me, I'll be happy to leave Reddit behind. Right now I'm still looking to promote Lemmy.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Did you also get troll reported to that automated help response for people that may be contemplating self harm?

That was always a good time. Man, I miss Reddit so much...

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[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Hello

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Welcome soldier!

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[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Now that you're unbanned, consider using a tool to edit all of your comments to gibberish to remove your value from reddit. I've seen it a lot, it's easy to do, and it works.

[–] Pamasich@kbin.earth 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Reddit has access to your edit history, it only works for as long as they don't see a need to restore it. And it probably doesn't work at all in regards to preventing ai training.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

I personally have found search results that would have been useful or able to solve my problem if they hadn't had this done to them. It has pushed me to search site:reddit.com far less, so I know it works. The fewer people visiting reddit the better.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I definitely don't want to provide reddit with any more value, but many of my posts and comments were informative or had a good way to explain something or the like, and I still get random replies and mail years later on some of them. This (in general, not on reddit in specific) i feel is my contribution to society, so shitting on that just to very slightly inconvenience reddit feels counterproductive. I don't receive any direct benefit from it (and upon leaving reddit I won't even get the indirect benefit of people telling me how helpful I was), but I am content to know that maybe I've helped a few people.

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 8 hours ago

Doesn't really work, Reddit has your posts and comments archived and if they're selling access they'll likely be including that. All it does is inconvenience everyday human users.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

A fresh new start can do wonders. Reddit is freaking fever dream in every direction.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Should’ve left the shit hole before it booted you, but at least you made it here!

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Probably, but 14 years is a whole lot of inertia to overcome.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

I was a mod for a 2mill person sub with an account made in 2009 when I left 2 summers ago 😅

Not trying to one up you, honestly I get what you mean. It sounds silly but it does feel like you kind of have this energy and emotion invested in it that’s hard to give up. I’m glad you’re here now!

Unsolicited advice: Try not to fall into the trap of comparing everything to Reddit. Most of the things here are better, some things (few) are worse. You just need to find good communities.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions! People are very happy to explain how things work around here in my experience. What’s critical is finding an instance that you like and blocking communities/instances that you don’t. If you browse /all you’ll get what you expect a lot of the time lol

Beehaw and blahaj are pretty great (not everyone agrees with me on blahaj)

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