I regret that I deleted my comments and closed the account: knowing what I know now I would have gone back and edited all my comments in order to poison data harvesters and lead LLM training astray in addition to subtle references to Lemmy.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
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That would've been the right move.
Did they stop banning people who mentioned Lemmy?
Never banned me. There is a Lemmy subreddit. I am not sure if it is still afloat. I will check now.
Edit: not there anymore. Was there last year. There is one for the Fediverse still up.
I would also like to know. I think mentioning it might be fine, it's the direct linking that would get you I think.
Also, if you argue that Lemmy is better than Reddit, there is a bigger chance that you will get banned. But if you state facts like just tell them what Lemmy and the Fediverse is, and that people are a little more civil over here, they don't ban. At least in my experience.
Instead of trying to get the most users to the fediverse, focus on making the fediverse the best it can be. More users is not more better.
I see your point. But I only promote Lemmy to people who complain about reddit on reddit, I tell them there is a better alternative. Usually it is a victim of the over powerful mods and they want less censorship or they want more support, so I tell them about Lemmy. I love Lemmy. There is so much more meaningful content on here and less conservatives.
it's fine, I'm not saying "don't tell reddit users about lemmy".
I'm just saying, if we want the fediverse to be better, we should focus on making the fediverse better, not trying to acquire more users.
I did in the early days of Lemmy. But the Flavor Aid drinkers of reddit that are still on there today are likely a lost cause. If reddit making itself toxic and shitty won't drive them away, there's little I can do. And if we're being honest, Lemmy isn't super enticing.
Fuck reddit. Fuck Meta. Fuck xitter. I don't want these fucking fuckers getting clicks from me.
(Sorry for swearing.)
When I deleted my reddit comments, I kept my accounts alive so I could promote Lemmy. But surprisingly, I had zero interest in going back to reddit even for that.
Even now when I don't care about the API thing any more, I'm like: why would I go to that enshittified hellhole and create data for them? A couple weeks ago I forced myself to go there looking for memes, but there was very little quality content, so I feel I'm not missing much.
Haven't looked back to reddit in the years I've been here