Reddit says the “vast majority” of users won’t be affected.
  • Rododenderon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    Left because any form of critique gets you a ban. People rather look away from problems so they can say they don’t see any.

  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    Friendly reminder that almost all news media outlets and social media platforms are owned by a handful of extremely wealthy individuals and they are in full control of the algorithm that feeds you content, so you’ll likely never see anything that is critical of them or advocates for them to have less power or influence than they do.

    This is the 2025 version of “The revolution won’t be televised”.

    • adm@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Yep, the internet used to be counter culture. Now it’s controlled opposition at best.

    • oxysis@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Yep this is what finally did it for me to ditch that piece of junk

      • amos@mander.xyzEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Welcome! Please create content, both by posting and commenting!

        Help the community grow!

        • oxysis@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Hi! I plan to, just need to settle in yet! Currently looking for a ios client that has the voting buttons on the left side (while scrolling) or has an option to move them over there as I am left handed and it’s just easier for me

      • Gawdsausage@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        6 days ago

        Whatever makes you feel better. The user ase may be left-wing, the admins and mods screw heavily right-wing.

        • berno@lemmy.worldEnglish
          03·
          5 days ago

          You sound insane to me but you’re probably a young person. Seems for you younger people anything that isn’t authoritarian left is “right wing”

  • Lucky_777@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    15 years on reddit. Multiple accounts banned for slamming Nazis. So I’m here slamming Nazis. Long live Lemmy.

  • infinitymaya@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    It’s horrifying especially to think how Reddit never did anything about the fucked up things incels would say they wanted to do to underage girls and women, or the literally jailbait, racist, insanity they’d share. Basically that stuff was always okay, but if you want to defend yourself against your oppressor? Banned for upvoting despite you didn’t even think the comment was “bannable”.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      11·
      6 days ago

      You learn that free speech is not a thing once you start hating on the ruling class haha

      Opposition 101

  • Beemoviebuthorny@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Exactly the same. I got critical of the right and all of a sudden banned for violence ? After 12 years ? And me NEVER calling for harm to anything.

    But I got hyper critical of the right and that’s what did it.

    Reddit is and has failed.

    • kitten @lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, i got banned because i literally told someone to fix their bot that had spammed me for years!!!

    • defiantjazz@startrek.websiteEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      I didn’t even say anything that crazy, just called Elon Musk a potato and they nuked my 14 year account.

      So here I am. How is it so far?

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      They’re selective about who’s protected by that rule too. I got banned for saying shit about child molesters while there was simultaneously a thread on the front page with people saying the same shit about a business executive. Those comments were still up weeks after I appealed my ban asking what the difference was. Never got an answer.

  • 0ops@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    It’s so awesome seeing all these new people here bailing from reddit. Welcome!

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      wow i hope they sent a warning to this person, absolutely irresponsible behaviour

  • crabigno@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    10 years on reddit, surprised about my comments never getting the same traction as identical comments. 3 days ban for insinuating a billionaire performing a Nazi salute may indeed be a Nazi, second ban for insinuating violent action sometimes needs to be taken in defense of democracy. Permaban for (politely and positively) judging the looks of someone that asked to be judged through a photography, and clearly needed lo lift up their self-esteem.

    I rage quit reddit and delete my account that I opened long ago with the Google account I have recently cancelled.

    I decide that maybe it deserves a second chance, so I create a new account with the email I account I host myself in my own server with my own domain.

    The exact same comments I posted, with the exact same content and intention now get thousands of upvotes (so clearly, I had been shadowbanned for years)

    Fuck them. Hello community, looking forward to have constructive interactions here.

  • ksigley@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    This is my first comment from Lemmy. Thanks again to whomever suggested it.

    • nestle@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Same — I never used Reddit but I found out about Lemmy from a Content Creator I enjoy. Seemed cool, a few privacy policies later and I’m here. The more I read about Reddit the more I’m glad I never used it.

      • ksigley@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        I was super late to the party. Wasn’t really a heavy user until right around the API changes.

    • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      You picked a decent, reliable instance. Good choice.

      Don’t forget to block the Hexbear and LemmyGrad instances! Full of nothing but fake communist trolls.

      • ksigley@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Oh dear. I don’t even know how to do that. I really appreciate the feedback.

        Gimme a few minutes to tinker around in the settings.

        EDIT: done. Thank you again.

    • zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Welcome. I joined from reddit in 2025, and happy to see more come over since Reddit has become a corporate, bot-filled, propaganda arm for many different groups

  • Daelsky@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Someone posted this and that’s honestly scary. I hope more people abandon this sinking ship of Reddit.

      • Daelsky@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        Yikes. More reasons to stop using Reddit. Слава Украине. (From a Russian-Ukrainian immigrant in Canada 🇨🇦🇺🇦)

      • Daelsky@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        Being banned/reported for what you upvote/downvote? That smell censorship

      • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Let’s put it this way. I have been shadow-banned on Reddit. Got an e-mail saying my account appeared to be hacked after I responded to an apparent call for violence with an observation that we’re generally not violent as a group but as time goes by, things might change, and a warning that you have to be careful with what you say because Reddit has a rule against calling for violence. I did the steps to secure my account, but while the message wenty away, I have verified that all my comments disappear into the ether. Sure seems like a ban there.

        And now, you can be banned for even LIKING a call for violence? And Reddit’s admins basically black-hole you if you have support questions of any kind. So, you like someone saying, say, “If this crap keeps going on, I might need to do something more than holding a sign, if you know what I mean,” and some Reddit power-tripper with a hardon for Trump clicks the ‘ban ur account’ button, and then you are stuck in read-only mode in reddit.