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.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Reddit. Doesn’t. Want. Active. Users.

    It wants bots. It wants HailCorporate promotional accounts. And it wants your eyeballs to look at their ads. It doesn’t want you to participate in any meaningful way.

    Stop using the site. Stop pretending this site is intended to be used by real people. Be glad they’re doing this and not simply baiting you along with fake interactions while you’ve been shadowbanned and left to unwittingly scream into the void.

  • shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I got permabanned for saying “trans women are women”, which they said was encouraging violence. So who even knows what’s happening there at this point.

  • el_muerte@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I got a 3 day sitewide suspension, and (very surprisingly) a permaban from /r/fuckthealtright for calling a story about an Infowars employee getting murdered “uplifting.”

  • Clot@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Welcome reddit refugee!! Best time to ditch reddit was in july 2023 second best time is now

    • Libra00@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      What happened in July 2023? Was that the APIpocalypse? That didn’t really affect me cause I barely use mobile.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Your not the only one, I heard others were reddit banned soon after their temp ban ended

        • Libra00@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I was perma-banned 11 hours before my temp-ban appeal was lifted. Then I was unbanned, but they sent a message saying my ban would stay. I think they’re just falling over themselves in their headlong rush to embrace fascism.

          • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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            2 days ago

            i heard mods were even complaining about this on modhelp sub, early in jan and feb, thier filters are still recognizing accts as ban evaders despite it being lifted sitewide, they are definitely and intentionally using an AI to filter ban alot of people, probably have certain parameters.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I got shadow banned for making a popular post about dyi Luigi prayer candles on witches vs patriarchy. No warning no notification just a site wide permanent shadow ban on an old account with high karma. I feel like this is a better community though so win win I guess. Funny because I feel like they’re banning most real people and just leaving the bots lol. Tons of people post on shadow banned everyday this can’t be a healthy business model.

  • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
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    4 days ago

    In a Yogscast TTT video some years back, Rythian used ‘Green Mario’ as a joking name for Bouphe, who was using the Luigi player model at the time.

    For those who want to undermine reddit’s power trip, I propose Green Mario as the first stick in their knee-bending attitude.

  • breezeblock@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Permabanned for “glorifying or inciting violence” by replying to a post about Elon Musk under a dinosaur poop meme, where someone asked “what should the would richest man do?” with “he should eat shit and die”.

    Here for good.

    • UnityDevice@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Come on, they’re just protecting the most vulnerable people in society. If they don’t fight for the richest man on the planet, who will? /s

  • Fiction@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Yeah, I was on Reddit for over a decade. And the changes especially in these past couple years have been so dramatic. I received a seven day band today for like the third time and finally deleted the app and here I am . No looking back.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I got my badge of honor during the API purge, when I mass edited all of my old comments before deleting them. It’s a little more quiet here, but it honestly reminds me of the early Reddit days. If you tag users, you’ll start to see just how small of a community it actually is; I see my tags all over the place in nearly every comment section.

      If you haven’t done so, consider looking into the various apps. Voyager (sometimes called Wefwef by the older users) is a sort of spiritual successor to Apollo. So if you’re an old Apollo user, you’ll likely feel right at home.