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Not banned. I chose Lemmy because I’m a big believer in the ideas of the fediverse and I want it to succeed.

I do still have to use Reddit occasionally to look up info that hasn’t made it here yet, but I don’t post or comment there.

#falsedichotomy

I have banned myself from Reddit.

I left after the API price hike.

I was shadowbanned, so I signed up for Lemmy for the long term, and made another account on Reddit because who gives a shit about "ban evasion".

Will keep using both till I'll be permabanned; Reddit still has more of the communities I'm interested in. I hope Reddit fucks up even more so there'll be another exodus to Lemmy.

I left reddit during the API scandal. I had the energy and time to move platforms and so I did. Open software, FOSS, non-for-profit digital solutions are all things I'm trying to support more at the cost of not using those paid or private services. Every dollar out of their pockets (the rich) is another dollar in ours.

Boycotting US stuff

Just trying it out. Not yet banned anywhere

Fuck reddit, I left as soon as I could and deleted my accounts.

Like MySpace, Reddit, as we knew and loved it, died a long time ago (arguably long before the API scandal). The API scandal was just the straw that broke the camel's back for many of us.

Left when 3rd party apps were killed, stayed because I believe in the concept of the fediverse.

Still have my Reddit accounts, but just hardly use them. There is still a much larger active user base there for a bunch of stuff so I haven't gone scorched earth yet, but Lemmy is my social media home now.

I've been trying to use Lemmy more for general and political content but I still use Reddit for niche fandoms and hobbies.

I left reddit and deleted my accounts, post and comment history. I had modded a couple high sub communities there and felt it had become less friendly over the years. I initially joined in 2011 but only really started using it during the Digg exodus.

Lemmy feels like old school reddit. So I use it 99% of the time and only check some very specific subreddits when I need to look up something for work.

I left briefly to go on Kbin.social first, but went back to Reddit when the instance got flooded with spam and then started to go down more often than not. I had fun customizing how my communities/magazines looked when I was on there.

After the stupid decisions like making upvotes bannable which have worse implications longterm, I went back to the Fediverse. I decided just change instances if shit hits the fan instead of allowing myself to get back into Reddit. It sucks because I’ve used Reddit since around 2010. That being said, Lemmy feels more like how Reddit used to when I started using it.

Banned from reddit for calling violence on Musk.

Frankly, I'm not impressed with Lemmy either, especially because personal interests are just so much harder to find engagement on.

So, whatever that answer amounts to.

So I received a 1 week ban from the JusticeServed sub because I made a comment shitting on Elon Musk in r/joerogan from r/popular. Yeah these people will auto ban you from their sub if you comment in r/joerogan if you're not even subscribed to either subs, I guess it's some bot they have for that. When I messaged the mods telling them that's just lame, the admins banned me from Reddit for 7 days and then I understood that Reddit isn't a place where actual discussion is allowed to take place. I also like how Lemmy doesn't entice doomscrolling as much as Reddit since (for now at least) it's slower with updating content and honestly I spent way too much time on Reddit anyway. Also I like open source stuff so there's that.

Banned. Lol.

I was a bit passionate in my support for Luigi so it wasn't an unfair ban unless you count the fact that it's unfair to be punished for supporting violence against dealers in death.

Banned across all accounts

I said "bad bot" to a nazi apologist, and apparently that's "violence"

It's a shame. I had quite a cult following for my "performance art"

Fed up with Reddit's owners, so I stopped my daily use. I did like Reddit more because of some well moderated and active subreddits, and I do occasionally pop my head in over there once a week or so to stay informed, but I spend almost all of my time here and on mastodon now.

I had a similar relationship with Facebook around 2015. Stopped pretty much entirely except for when I need to engage with Facebook marketplace, and I generally try to use Craigslist first.

Lemmy as a platform speaks to me on a philosophical level when it comes to the kinds of technology I use when I have the choice. I like that it is not at the mercy of the need to turn a profit to exist.

I'm banned on enough accounts they auto ban me when I make new ones. I went off the rails on a lot of political topics. I never threatened anyone, but I did wish them unspecified harms, use the words of naughtiness, and made myself a target of a few pro Trump mods and that was it. Anyway, I'm fine here, I also didn't start using this until years after the ban so, not very related.

After leaving Reddit due to the whole API scandal, I noticed that that decision was really a wake up call to take a break off the internet. Actually, it made me delete every "traditional" social media application, with the obvious exception of YouTube. I've never felt better. Being addicted to social media for this long can have some pretty serious issues.

Lemmy is pretty great, so much so that it's a part of my username now (it's more of a pseudonym now). In fact, it being small kinda encouraged me to take breaks off the internet. I've had one for like... 2 months perhaps?

Not banned. I think it's great that when you copy posts from .ml, you mention the author now.

Steve Huffman is a greedy piss boy

I use both. I've attempted to replicate the subreddits I was subscribed to on Lemmy with very limited success. I'm not sure if I just need to subscribe to more instances or if my expectations are off.

Just like Lemmy more. Reddit has become to enshittified for me to use it anymore, except for some niche stuff due of Reddit's larger traffic volume.