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[–] devaly@ani.social 79 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

not me.

I'm criticizing them on Lemmy

[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

lol same. im permabanned on reddit

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

At this point, its almost a negative sign of your true character if you haven't been banned by Reddit yet.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I left with the API fiasco before I got banned. Should I log back in for a ban?

[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

that was my first time leaving reddit. I left for just over a year, then I needed to find some local community for organizing so i came back, aaaand then i got banned for calling some racist a "white trash chud"

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Holy crap. That's all it takes now? It used to require a believable threat, if memory serves. They're like this close to having FCC-style broadcast TV censorship.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep. I encountered some asshole saying Alex Pretti deserved to die because he was carrying a gun in the presence of law enforcement. I told him he wasn't just licking boots, he was deep throating them. That was "harassment," according to Reddit. And I was permabanned. I never got banned for anything my first 5 years or so on Reddit, but as soon as that fat orange fuck was elected, I started collecting temp bans every month. Makes you think...

[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned.

[–] duckwingthegoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I got banned for posting the meaningless letters ACAB

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread.

I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They banned me for expressing compassion

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't recommend it. Only bots and morons left over there.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Such a happy union. Bots love morons and morons love bots.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just go on there a speak negatively about the pedophile and MAGA and you'll be silenced in no time, at the guise of something entirely different.

[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or post on public freakout and just wish death on a person who's the asshole in the video

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[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, nah. Screw around on Reddit now, and you might get yourself doxxed.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is a good point

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm still sad I don't have the password for my original reddit account to delete it.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

It takes a desire to start away from Reddit - it's very easy to sign up again under another name. If you have Gmail (yes, I know - privacy - but it's fine for throwaway crap), all you have to do is add a plus sign & any gibberish you want to your email address.

username@gmail.com ...becomes... username+redditaccount0001@gmail.com

The stuff from the plus sign to the @ gets ignored by Gmail servers so it all gets sent to the first address still. Handy feature for a few oddball purposes, although it's hit or miss whether any given site will accept such an address with a plus sign - last I knew, Reddit still did.

[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

No, they are able to track you across multiple devices and locations now. I get instaban the moment I sign up anymore. I gave up. Joined shortly after digg migration my accounts gone

[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the ban is for the best though, the entire site is full of bots talking to bots. i'd rather poke around here where real humans are

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

where real humans are

Speak for yourself meat-sack

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[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 weeks ago

lmao look at this fucking clanker

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure what they're doing but I tried to evade a ban by using a 10-minute email address and signing up through multiple VPNS. It still banned me each time so I'm guessing they must be harvesting MAC addresses

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure they're not restricting this by platform.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you are NOT on a government watch list by now you should be ashamed of yourself.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Comedian Ben Palmer used being put on the DHS watch list as an ad to his comedy shows. It was quite genius.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No kidding, I assume they are watching everyone online and flagging anything that isn’t ending with Praise Be to Lord Trump.

[–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Who dares not to bow before the golden statue?

Off with their heads

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

it is a moral imperative

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am! Fuck ICE and fuck this administration

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear you're still using either of those sites.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Reddit is really trash.

I honestly can't believe that people don't go to Fediverse sites in larger numbers

[–] madkins@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] grepe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the US is not this way because he is the president. he is the president because US is this way...

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

The President is a malignant tumor.

[–] slemptastrophe@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not on either of those platforms, but I am doing it pretty much everywhere I possibly can.

[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck ICE!! ICE is nothing but a bunch of pussies in masks who only signed up because they're racist fucks.

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Im glad im not on Redddit or X then.

Fuck ICE and their tactics.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think they're limiting it to those platforms. It's just that they're big so people are talking about them

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[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

I am was and will be. You fucking Nazis.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I am. Suck it chodemonger nazi fucks

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck you ICE.

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

fuck ICE! fuck trump! fuck this fascist cuntry!

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I bet this goes far beyond ice, into those that have gained traction criticizing our dear leader. The fucking cunt. Seriously fuck that guy. Old man time is going to take care of his ass.

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

fuck ice. come get me, you racist fucks

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 weeks ago

As soon as you stop existing so will the criticism, till then EAT SHIT AND BURN IN HELL!!!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

... because they break the TOS of those sites by not being Nazi enough?

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