• @[email protected]
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    83 months ago

    Just switched to Lemmy for this exact reason! Got banned for god knows why and immediately deleted Reddit.

  • @[email protected]
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    Damn I thought reddit would stay save from the new usa censorship. Next step will ban liberal or anti trump posts and communities for sure. Seems like I moved to Lemmy at just the right time.

    • madjo
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      Given how much spez mainlines Musk’s farts, how is any of this a surprise to you?

      • @[email protected]
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        I guess I was just unaware of spez’ opinions and political alignment. It will just solidify my decision to dump American social media all together.

        • @[email protected]
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          04 months ago

          he kinda made that know like 2 years ago, when musk bought twitter, he started to “polishing his knob and trump” around that time.

      • @[email protected]
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        Well, maybe I was just in the wrong reddit spaces to notice. I didn’t see any occasion (or article) that mentioned censorship like it’s happening on Twitter. Even things that are commonly censored in social media like posts about death and suicide were not censored. I’d love to know more if this was happening outside my bubble.

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          Probably because culturally reddit has historically been aligned with the US narrative. The haven’t needed heavy handed censorship.

  • @[email protected]
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    14 months ago

    Does anyone know how to reliably delete an entire reddit account, ideally editing over each comment as well? I did this before they closed off access to the API but upon checking months later, they had reverted all the changes so my account looks like it did before with everything visible.

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      you can use powersuite suite or shreddit to get rid of your posts, i used a different extension to do it. i find it sometimes even my old comments can get targeted by people too.

  • @[email protected]
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    The entire stuff going on is too stupid for me. I was using Lemmy for lurking and Reddit for other shit. I’m staying here now.

  • @[email protected]
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    24 months ago

    Reddit has been doing this shit for years. It’s a big reason why I left. Spez (little piggie) was only the catalyst.

    A few ban-happy,power tripping moderators did come over here, though. I don’t have specifics on that, I just know I’ve seen them, and I’ve also been banned for some real dumb shit. I just stay away from those communities/instances.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      This feels somewhat different because previously, generally speaking, the problematic subreddits (jailbait, fat people hate, etc) were pretty much isolated to that subreddit, so action could be taken to that subreddit without a big blast radius to the rest of the site. Also, for the most part, the issues were targeting marginalized people. Going after people in the comments of r/popculture for upvoting a comment about Luigi is nothing like previous controversies.

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      14 months ago

      I swear, there are some people that actively seek out parts of the internet to gain control of so they can push their agendas.

      It’s like they get physically distressed at the idea of people discussing things they don’t want being discussed or holding views they don’t want held.

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    they ban for upvoting “eat the rich” too.

    yet reddit admins never had a problem with thedonalds posters litteraly saying people should be shot and other violent rhetoric for years. the key difference is this time the billionaire class got upset.

    • Semisimian
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      It’s been limping for a while, but the momentum was huge to begin with. The niche subreddits still had good participation, not great, but good enough. These latest shenanigans might be the final tipping point, though.

    • @[email protected]
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      there are niche subs there i vist that usually cant replicate somewhere else, and people are addicted to the news and political posts.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      It’s still the only major community hub for loads of hobbies and such. As an example: the Magic the Gathering community here has 1300 members and almost no activity.

      • @[email protected]
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        pokemon,yugioh, mtg are sitll all on Reddit. pokemon specifically the card game has direct line of communication(sort of) with the devs, it will be impossible/difficult to convince them to switch here. theres also certain companies that uses thier specific subs too.

  • Guy Ingonito
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    For a brief few years we had communication platforms that could topple dictatorships but now here we are.

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    I mean this is political censorship. Just plain and simple. Well done reddit. And i am against violence. But the thing that touches me the wrong way is the idea that not guilty until proven completely got lost in this case. And dont get me started on the united healthcare topic. Ia this still allowed on reddit or will it get shadow banned?

    • @[email protected]
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      You think Trump is innocent until proven guilty? Because that’s what the post is about. Luigi is only mentioned in the title, in quite poor taste imo

  • @[email protected]
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    54 months ago

    That’s why I’m here. Reddit started getting super censored so I was looking for an alternative and was directed here. It’s fucking ridiculous.

    • meisnoone
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      I received a permanent ban from Reddit last week, and I’m here for the same reason. And Reddit IS turning facist, as the rich close ranks. Fuck them. Any “spirited” criticism of Trump/Musk is characterized as encouraging violence and results in temporary bans, many of which I received, until recently when I apparently crossed a line which was too offensive (to the Mods). Therefore…

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      Same. I originally came here after they killed off 3rd party apps, then I figured out how to patch RiF again and didn’t spend as much time here.

      The propaganda and misinformation have gotten to be too much. Advice subs are all fake AI stories. Admins are making a fuss about people breaking the rules, but refuse to disclose what the rules actually are.

      I really enjoy Lemmy. The downside is that it’s not as easy to organize (and find) niche spaces like on reddit. I’m hoping the small communities have grown more since the first mass migration.

        • @[email protected]
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          04 months ago

          sooner, if we advertise hard on reddit and they keep this shit up. if there’s one thing kids these days are good at; it’s evading these fucking censorship systems.

    • @[email protected]
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      I’ve been over here for a year off and on, Lemmy ain’t bad at all, could use some more resistance joining for sure.

      • @[email protected]
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        When I first joined lemmy was ass. But it has passed the threshold for content to be useable now. I like it.

        • @[email protected]
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          Yeah the early days weren’t so great but it’s getting there. Still wish some of the game communities I’m interested in would migrate already but it’s not bad

    • @[email protected]
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      Welcome to Lemmy, bud!

      We have lots of Linux and Star Trek memes.

      I highly recommend that when you update “all” or your “front page” - be sure to set youe filter for “Hot” results. Gets you the fresh, interesting shit.

    • @[email protected]
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      Welcome, sibling! I came over in the rush after the reddit API debacle. Some things I’ve learned in the last year:

      We may not have Sprog here yet, but get to know the environment, including colorful fauna such as:

      • Cephalopods that have Colonized the Skies.
      • The embodiment of the habitual movements of a space captain.
      • People that are kind-of like ossified remains.
      • People whose entire self identities revolve around draconic coitus (and all the controversy this brings).

      The vast majority of posts are made by, like, ten people, and I’m pretty sure they never sleep. I’m currently unconvinced that Flying Squid isn’t just a full colony of Humboldt Squid, constantly ramming into a giant submerged keyboard.

      As far as controversies: Avoid the “tankies”. You will find them on Hexbear, Lemmy.ml, and lemmygrad. They will not be going away, since the original creator of Lemmy is, apparently, one of them, and seems kind of mad with power. They treat with no man, and are willing to do anything to convince you that authoritarianism is good, as long as it calls itself “socialism”. One would think they would have learned their lesson from “National Socialism”… They apparently have not. Not everyone from those servers is a tankie, but most tankies are on those servers. Think of Tankies as the lemmy subspecies of those trolls you shouldn’t be feeding.

      Contribute to discussions! Especially on a place as small as Lemmy, lurking actively harms the community! Unlike most places, it’s generally fairly easy to figure out who’s being disingenuous and arguing in bad faith, and most people are very reasonable! (As long as you never say anything bad about Linux. Be forewarned. Do not engage unless your autonomic nervous system runs Arch)

      Welcome!

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      the immense amount of bans they came last month, ongoing since nov 5th is just made some of us come here. they are going to keep banning, or make it easier to ban until only right propaganda is left, also the increased amount of on the ability to ban people that “report other people” has also increased. you can get banned for reporting someone or reporting “too much” apparently.