this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
250 points (94.6% liked)

Asklemmy

47582 readers
785 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy πŸ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

i need to know

(page 5) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] the_wiz@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I had an account on reddit, about five years old until I finally decided to leave it because i spend an ungodly amount of time there. Knowing myself and my habit to flake on self set goals I thought out the ultimate strategy to keep me from coming back: Over a couple of weeks I intentionally posted atrocious stuff on my main and my two alt-accounts to get me permabanned and burn every single bridge.

For now it has successfully stopped me from wasting time there any longer.

[–] bilnkandmissit@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Temporary ban but Reddit is becoming less and less fun. Less interesting.

It’s time to move on.

[–] Mouette@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

I like Lemmy more because it is more aligned with my interest, notably Tech and Linux. I also like to have smaller communities in which your interaction have impact and are being read instead of being lost in thoudands of comments.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I got a new account after my old one got banned but now I never challenge the echo chamber. I just ban/block obnoxious subs and users to avoid the temptation. I stay mainly for some interest groups there and local subs.

Saw one mod in a sub bragging about how they banned lots of users for challenging a post and they were getting cheered on. Wonder if that is in line with reddit's policy?

[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How can you circumvent a reddit ban?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

You don't, you wait it out until they stop blocking that IP or email. New account.

load more comments (7 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck Reddit. Does that answer help?

[–] codenul@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I like Lemmy since its mostly about Tech but even the small communities over on Reddit can be more engaging then communities over here. I am involved in Trading cards and there just not the same community over here for it

[–] parmesan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Both, I'm sure I could make a new account if I wanted but I don't want to contribute to their dumpster fire of a website anymore anyway

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea how many times I was permabanned. But what turned me to Lemmy was that cuntrag Spez taking away my Apollo.

[–] RyanDownyJr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The 3rd party app change didn't sit well with me. Ended up stop using reddit on my phone entirely since native was horrible. Ended up coming here when the crackdown on "Luigi" was happening and other censorship that was questionable AF. The amount of content here obviously isn't comparable to reddit, yet, but it's enough to digest throughout the day on work poop breaks and whatnot. :)

[–] MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Banned outta nowhere. I submitted an appeal asking what rule I broke and it was denied with no explanation. 2 accounts. Several 100 thousand post and comment karma on one of them. I had been banned from individual communities for pissing off random mods but never a site admin.

Fuck em. I hope it crashes and burns.

I like lemmy more, but it doesn't have as much daily content, so I use both.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Perma banned. Definitely Perma banned.

Funny how I went what thirteen years or something, being the same cranky old progressive I've always been yet the MOMENT the orange cancer takes office again and reddit kowtows to muskrat, I get permanently banned.

Karma like no tomorrow so apparently a lot of people agreed with me.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Trying to switch over. I use them both, but the threats to reddit freedom and it's fast enshitification are the reasons I am currently using both.

Plus, the automod are out of control. I got a three day ban for quoting Clerks. (Try not to blow anyone on your way through the parking lot). I wasn't even being mean, it was all for laughs and got a lot of upvotes before some automod refered me to a prude of a moderator.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was already swapping preban but the ban forced me to swap, I dont lurk on reddit anymore or view posts like i did the first month or so (its uninstalled and only used on google rarely, since forums and even quoro are somehow better for useful info again), so I think I like lemmy more lol

The userbase is better, top comments opinion matches mine here, I go into a thread and I never feel the need to argue here, very different experience to modern reddit, close to reddit like 12 years ago.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Lemmy is 99% of what Reddit used to be for me. I still use Reddit for niche stuff, but it’s a solid replacement - especially since Reddit decided we had to use their substandard interface.

[–] BabyVi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I still have a functional reddit account. But I only use it to view old posts these days as there's still a lot of useful info on reddit.

[–] Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Little of A, little of B. For the most part I'm allowed on Reddit and still even use it occasionally (gasp!), but occasionally I run into a sub I'm banned from without any reason given. I must have engaged in wrongthink or posted in a no-no sub or something, because often they're subs where I have little to no activity in the first place. Unfortunately, there's no way to get a list of all the subs you're banned from, so I don't know if it's just a few wackos or an actually significant chunk of the sight.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I banned myself off Reddit. Deleted my 10 year old account because fuck em.

I didn't, unfortunately, obfuscate my comments before deleting them. However, I find solace in thinking that there is a small win in leaving all of that socialist propaganda in their training data

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't banned, just abandoned my account around 8 years ago.

[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I stopped using reddit after i get banned for unknown reason years ago, so i move to lemmy.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I knew about Lemmy, but didn't migrate until months after drama in Reddit.

I got permabanned from the CasualUK sub for insulting boomers. In a response to the query of the word being a slur, as one person on Twitter felt picked on, I said the ones that act like the stereotype (aka self-absorbed, demeaning others) deserve the nickname the stereotype was given. I was banned for 'identity-based hate' despite the fact that being an asshole to anyone younger than you is not an identity.

I also got banned from GirlGamers for questioning the authorities, which made me realise that some mods really are pricks who rule the subs by removing people that they don't agree with, and I decided that I didn't want to reside in a site where moderators are borderline fascist, no matter how wholesome the other users are.

Someone asked if it's worth avoiding media because you don't agree with the creator. I voiced my opinion, saying that I don't think so, as long as the media makes you happy. I referred to a few examples, including "my love for the Wizarding World, despite its creator being rather toxic". This got removed for 'mentioning Hogwarts Legacy', VERY loosely tying my comment with a sub rule. I reposted the comment twice, once omitting the Wizarding World, and once a copy of the original, adding "(not the game, the whole franchise, power tripping mods!)" which resulted in a three day ban. (For those who don't know, the Wizarding World means the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This is a very large media franchise spanning a significant more mediums than one game. There are seven more games, in fact). I contacted the mod team, and they said I cannot question them, permabanned me from GirlGamers, and blocked me for thirty days, as if that wins the disagreement.

This kind of leadership, and the controversy over Reddit becoming a walled garden of censorship and run like a corporate cash cow, ended my support. I deleted my account and cut ties emotionally with the communities there.

[–] ashughes@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not banned on reddit, never have been. I use both daily. Lemmy to see what my fellow humans are talking about, Reddit for when I want to see what bots are talking about.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Deleted my account because I burned myself off moderating a few subreddits

[–] butsbutts@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

no i just like supporting competition and not giant companies

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've been banned for saying pro luigi or similar stuff, but since I am not attached to my account I just make a new one. The most annoying part of getting banned is just resubbing to your preferred subreddits. I prefer lemmy now days anyway and it is nice to see familiar usernames now and then and I don't get as annoyed seeing constant liberalism. I still use Reddit for some things like really niche subjects, questions, or hobbies and people can be genuinely helpful in some subreddits ngl.

I also find the moderation here to be much fairer and more protective of vulnerable groups.

[–] Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I find it super funny honestly, because I left Reddit because of shit moderation and a gross bias toward liberal posts in the moderation (ironic now). Then I come here to escape, which I'm realizing is a very liberal a platform, and I'm noticing that it wasn't that it was leftist leaning, the people were just insufferable.

I routinely find things in common with people across the aisle here and the content is way more objective.

I never got perma banned, but I was silenced enough to know that it wasn't good for my mental health to stay. Lemmy is great. I think this is a platform where people can actually just meet in the middle and talk. I got banned from Mastadon on my first day, so it was a no go.

But banana bread, at fucking work bro? HELL. YEAH.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: β€Ή prev next β€Ί