I have been using Reddit for the last couple of years. It feels like it got worse ever since u/spez banned 3rd party clients which requires me to use revanced reddit now. Now the latest saga involves subreddits now banning you for participating in other subreddit they think are bad. This is just pure censorship at this point. And you want to know the best part Reddit has done NOTHING to stop this issue.
Equally ridiculous as the holy war some idiots are leading against the TanKieZ
Fuck Nintendo.
With a rusty trident.
i’m surprised I quit reddit cold turkey and never looked back, i was fairly addicted to that place. reddit was getting bad before 2023, when i left, but at that point was getting clear that wasn’t getting any better
I totally know what you mean, but it is kinda funny to say you quit cold turkey on a structurally identical platform lol
Tepid pheasant?
frigid poultry.
too icy bird
Lemmy really helped scratch the Reddit itch. I was lucky enough that my app of choice (boost) was also available for Lemmy, so the transition was pretty seamless (actually, more seamless than it would’ve been sticking with Reddit, since I left over the API shit, which would’ve forced me over to their half-baked app).
The only thing I really miss is the sheer volume of users, especially in more niche communities, but the posts on Lemmy imo tend to be more quality over quantity than Reddit, so that helps.
yea im a ton of niche subs, that isnt on lemmy unforunately,.
Create the niche subs and fill with some content. Then hopefully other users will join.
posts on Lemmy imo tend to be more quality over quantity
I mean all y’all are generally less likely to be expressing your anal glands on the internet here. I like it.
Always remember Alien Blue. That was a great app until spaz and co bought it.
Same same Boost bro :)
Getting rid of Apollo support was my final straw.
I only use it for reviews of products or answers to questions about Linux. But the Linux community is getting stronger here on Lemmy
Lots of activity over at programming.dev
It feels like actual people too. Thats nice.
It’s the new 4chan. lmao
True. Reddit should be banned. It is promoting intolerance, hatred.
It’s been a thing for years, way before api shitshow
Yep joined lemmy around API controversy. It’s been like 2 years on lemmy for me. Loving it
[…] please delete all of your participation in the subreddit in question (regardless of if it is positive or negative) […]
So it’s guilt by association.
I used to be big contributor on reddit and it’s has been completely taken over by power users who are just shilling. Many subreddit mods are actually in bed with businesses and take straight up bribes or have their own conflicting interests.
I suspect a lot of mods are actually employed by those companies directly.
reddit and large subs have all upped thier filters, so its actually harder to comment in subs that have high traffic. the niche subs are probably safe subs(the rule is if the sub has a sets of rule like the sidebar on lemmy, then you know its monitored heavily.
Yup if you take a look at new posts on any big sub reddit its either bots karma farming or influencers shilling. It’s just too hard for new people to onboard on sharing as:
- min karma or account requirement
- absurd 50 rules that trigger auto mod
- shadow banning so new users have 0 response and get demotivated instantly
So aside from smaller subreddits it’s just trolls and bots talking between each other.
they have straight up affiliates they reccomend openly over anyone else like in hosting subs with “deals” for redditors
i have the perfect solution, but it might be a tad extreme: don’t use reddit. BAM. there it is.
This also exists on Lemmy
I am outright abrasive and hostile to .ml mods for their tankie lies and .world mods for their Nazi bootlicking, and despite having many posts and comments removed I have not been banned from a single community as far as I can tell.
I’ve been banned from communities on completely different instances for things I’ve said that clearly personally offended some powermod or another.
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At least on Lemmy it’s mostly one part of it, and honestly being banned from that part is probably a good thing
but the amount of moderations and filters is much more oppressive on reddit. politics is usually the ones that get people banned on both platforms
True, but at least on Lemmy you can switch instances. Or switch to PieFed, or use any other media that supports activitypub.
Reddit is reddit. You can’t just go on another platform and “connect” to a subreddit.
So they have a bot check to see if you’ve posted in a sub they don’t like, which then auto-bans you if it finds you there.
The thought police are unpaid volunteers using bots now, I guess.
they also have something called crowd control , which limits the amount of traffic, or whoever is posting on the sub.
Nintendo fandom is feeling super defensive rn
That’s not a legit reason to ban someone.
Literally r/BannedFromPyanyang behavior
fyi, it’s pyong yang.
I created a new account to post in my regional swinger subreddit and it immediately got deleted by a power hungry mod. He said my post was low effort at the same time as there was a literal dick pic with the text “hit me up” on the subreddit’s front page. I tried to post again with a little more detail but my post never showed up so I messaged the mods directly. They responded a few days later that they had approved my post. Thanks for nothing reddit and reddit mods.
I haven’t stopped by any swinging boards in a while but do the mods still like to treat them as personal harems
No clue this just happened a few days ago.
Reddit is like all news sites these days, you simply can’t even quote the people discussed in the thread and not get banned. Reddit has made a choice to follow the current administrations guidelines on what should be banned. And the millions of users make jokes and stay there. They also think they are making a difference there.
I’ll check it if there is some news I want to know more about, but I’ve pretty much given up Reddit and on all social media. I cary a book with me and just read if I have a few minutes. I may be less connected and informed but I feel happier.
Of course here I am complaining about one place on another.
