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To people migrating from reddit. At the end of the day no one will notice you left. What's better, leave and be forgotten or getting banned in the most spectacular way? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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[–] Kay_dee1978@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Don't care either way. I came because it really seemed like reddit was becoming a terrible place. The arbitrary banning and increasing warnings on restricting content made it time to go. I'm just grateful that lemmy is an alternative that (so far) seems to capture the spirit of original reddit, without all the increasing b.s.

I just hope that I become as comfortable with lemmy as I did with the reddit app. I hated switching from Comet to the reddit app. But, I got used to the reddit app, so I'm sure I will with lemmy. It's nice to have 75% of reddit, but a nice 3rd party app to use again. I'm new and learning!

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a different vibe. It doesn't come with all sunshine and rainbows but once you find a niche it's easy to settle in.

[–] NeonNight@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

It’s definitely really hard to replace my lighthearted subs, but I’ll take the actual sane discussion about news and fair moderation over that. Shit is too dire for me to get hung up on memes

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

I've been using Boost and it's quite a bit like rif. I adored rif, the best interface for reddit on mobile. Boost is already way better than the official reddit app, that thing is terrible and full of bugs galore.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I got banned for apparently trying to circumnavigate a ban, despite not being banned, so I found something better

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sir, how dare you circumvent your ban. I silenced you, or someone like you, or just I don't really know because I'm relying on incomplete data to determine who was banned and who you are. You're ban stands and if you or anyone like you trys to circumvent it, I'll have their heads!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Darn it... I hope I don't get banned again, even though I'm permanently banned from reddit

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

it seems like that is a very common issue now, from the recent purges alot of people were getting evasion bans despite not even doing it, or they had a defunct account that was permabanned sometime ago and was deleted.

[–] BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

PSA: delete your account!

being banned is funny and stuff, but reddit can, has and will unban accounts to inflate their user count for their investors.

delete every account, post and comment if you can.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Forgot about this. Can't they restore accounts too?

[–] BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

i dont know, i dont think so (without a user asking them to?). i think it would be less trouble for them to just create new accounts on their own. same result, but nobody can claim that their deleted account was restored. i think restoring deleted accounts could lead to legal trouble?

[–] suddenlyme@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I was wondering why people were doing that

[–] crazyhotpasta@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Ooooh so that's why I no longer get banned for ban evasion

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If I wanted to be noticed, I'd go outside. The reason I liked reddit, more than any other social media, was because my identity was practically irrelevant. Only my posts mattered.

[–] Berry_Bows@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Same here. I hugely prefer lurking until I feel compelled to speak on something. My MIL is a Facebook addict and routinely complains about people being rude and mean about things she posts; for me, it's just like, if people are going to be mean, might as well avoid tying your personal identity to the target of those insults. It hurts a lot less, and it doesn't follow you around the same way.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’m staying to be a fediverse evangelist. Someone’s got to upvote all of Blaze’s posts.

[–] pzzzt@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No one knows I'm there in the first place. 😅

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

I did start to think I must be shadow banned, or I'm just really dull and nobody cared enough to reply to what I wrote

[–] shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Got banned for saying “trans women are women” lol

[–] KernelTale@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

By reddit? There are many LGBTQ+ subreddits, so I find it weird. Or is it a new thing with USA burning?

[–] shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I don’t know, they said I was “promoting violence”.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

Just leave and be forgotten. Why bring good or bad attention to reddit? Most humans in pre-tech history have been born, then died, then were forgotten.

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I’m still on both. Here for all of the political stuff and and anti-Reddit post and on Reddit I’m still in the subreddits that aren’t on here yet. Mainly a lot of crafting related stuff. And whenever someone complains about censorship on Reddit I respond with Lemmy as a suggestion. If I get banned I get banned. We’ll see.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think someone runs a crosspost bot that can copy a subreddit to here. I don’t recall who though. Might be a good solution to the missing technical/niche subreddits on lemmy.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

The lemmit.online instance exists, but it's utility is limited without a two-way bridge for comments. It's effectively just like a crowdsourced RSS feed.

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I seem to be in the same category as you regarding a few groups that get no traction on Lemmy. Do you have any idea how they handled mentioning Lemmy in a comment? I would think it would be worse if you mentioned it in a post

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So far the mods aren’t minding my comments yet. But I’m quieter about it than some people I’ve seen on here. No all caps, or bolder text. No links. Just a comment kind of like this explaining that Lemmy is a pretty cool place. Probably slips through the cracks easier ;)

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

thanks for the update. You'll probably stay under the radar unless there are multiple "reports" on you. Then Admins might get involved and banish you.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

im doing the same, i keeping one candle lit, on a semi-flagged acct for only strict non-politics or news subs, too risky to even comment any large subs.

[–] NoneAndOnly@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really disappointed when I got banned out of nowhere. Worked for my profile and when my posts are getting interactions, my account is gone.

Will miss the friends i made there.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeha it sucks for sure, but youll be fine, for me I had hella niches like comicbooks, blender, vfx/houdini, indiedev that kept me interested and I def miss that, I dont really enjoy just viewing it half the fun was commenting and asking how ppl did stuff. Now I mostly use Yt, tiktok, Ig, and bluesky (not a fan but finding ppl to follow was easier than mastodon/sharkey) for those niches. I hope those communities grow here, only thing I used reddit for was that and wordpress drama.

Selfhosting/linux info is solid here so I was still able to discuss and learn about that niche even losing reddit.

I also miss the edm/rave communities, but they were going downhill, kinda peaked 2-3 years ago imo.

Oh forgot tvshow speciifc communities, I dont miss them, I dony like other ppls opinions when it comes to the shows I like apparently, I feel better not arguing.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 7 points 11 months ago

I didn't do much, but I did tell the admins they're useless pieces of human garbage and I can't wait for that platform to go under. I was terminally addicted to reddit and was on it probably 8 hours a day. They'll start noticing when a large chunk of their population drops off for other networks. I don't really care if they know I left or not. I left because of my own reasons.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My old account is still there, what's a good way to get it banned in protest?

[–] BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

dont get banned, just delete your account. reddit is notorious in unbanning people to inflate their user count to investors.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there a good way to change all my former comments to garbage?

[–] BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I believe so. Especially after reddit killing third party apps, were many tools created or advertised, like

https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

https://shreddit.com/

https://redact.dev/

(all were taken from i reddit comment that i don't want to link to. you will find it yourself, but screw reddit!)

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

dont get banned upvote the ocassional lemmy post and downvote the lazy naysayers that chime in every time it gets some steam lol

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I mean I hardly even visit Reddit anymore since the API crap killed the app I use. Pretty much just switched over to Lemmy at that point.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Everyone has their own journey

[–] nectar45@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean...I am here BECAUSE I got banned

[–] Puzzlehead@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

Being perm banned without warning and no reason given. Just happened random. So I started to look for an alternative.