• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Hey everyone, there’s a lot of you. You ever think maybe you can just troll them by none stop posting to all their subreddits. Hell the mods are like the same 20 people in over 5000 sub reddits. That’s a weak point.

  • kandoh@reddthat.com
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    5 days ago

    For a brief few years we had communication platforms that could topple dictatorships but now here we are.

  • medusadeluxe@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 days ago

    That’s why I’m here. Reddit started getting super censored so I was looking for an alternative and was directed here. It’s fucking ridiculous.

    • meisnoone@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I received a permanent ban from Reddit last week, and I’m here for the same reason. And Reddit IS turning facist, as the rich close ranks. Fuck them. Any “spirited” criticism of Trump/Musk is characterized as encouraging violence and results in temporary bans, many of which I received, until recently when I apparently crossed a line which was too offensive (to the Mods). Therefore…

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 days ago

      the immense amount of bans they came last month, ongoing since nov 5th is just made some of us come here. they are going to keep banning, or make it easier to ban until only right propaganda is left, also the increased amount of on the ability to ban people that “report other people” has also increased. you can get banned for reporting someone or reporting “too much” apparently.

    • ugh@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Same. I originally came here after they killed off 3rd party apps, then I figured out how to patch RiF again and didn’t spend as much time here.

      The propaganda and misinformation have gotten to be too much. Advice subs are all fake AI stories. Admins are making a fuss about people breaking the rules, but refuse to disclose what the rules actually are.

      I really enjoy Lemmy. The downside is that it’s not as easy to organize (and find) niche spaces like on reddit. I’m hoping the small communities have grown more since the first mass migration.

    • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Welcome, sibling! I came over in the rush after the reddit API debacle. Some things I’ve learned in the last year:

      We may not have Sprog here yet, but get to know the environment, including colorful fauna such as:

      • Cephalopods that have Colonized the Skies.
      • The embodiment of the habitual movements of a space captain.
      • People that are kind-of like ossified remains.
      • People whose entire self identities revolve around draconic coitus (and all the controversy this brings).

      The vast majority of posts are made by, like, ten people, and I’m pretty sure they never sleep. I’m currently unconvinced that Flying Squid isn’t just a full colony of Humboldt Squid, constantly ramming into a giant submerged keyboard.

      As far as controversies: Avoid the “tankies”. You will find them on Hexbear, Lemmy.ml, and lemmygrad. They will not be going away, since the original creator of Lemmy is, apparently, one of them, and seems kind of mad with power. They treat with no man, and are willing to do anything to convince you that authoritarianism is good, as long as it calls itself “socialism”. One would think they would have learned their lesson from “National Socialism”… They apparently have not. Not everyone from those servers is a tankie, but most tankies are on those servers. Think of Tankies as the lemmy subspecies of those trolls you shouldn’t be feeding.

      Contribute to discussions! Especially on a place as small as Lemmy, lurking actively harms the community! Unlike most places, it’s generally fairly easy to figure out who’s being disingenuous and arguing in bad faith, and most people are very reasonable! (As long as you never say anything bad about Linux. Be forewarned. Do not engage unless your autonomic nervous system runs Arch)

      Welcome!

    • sysadmin420@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      I’ve been over here for a year off and on, Lemmy ain’t bad at all, could use some more resistance joining for sure.

    • Alteon@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Welcome to Lemmy, bud!

      We have lots of Linux and Star Trek memes.

      I highly recommend that when you update “all” or your “front page” - be sure to set youe filter for “Hot” results. Gets you the fresh, interesting shit.

  • Dzso@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    My ten year old Reddit account got banned for a single snarky comment about Luigi, so here I am!

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 days ago

      i commented on R/technology and got “temp suspend for reporting too much” and that somehow triggered reddits AI to ban all my other accs.

    • Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      You can do that on Daily Kos too. I am permanently banned from commenting due to it. Those fuckers are too DNC oriented any way.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Reddit has been doing this shit for years. It’s a big reason why I left. Spez (little piggie) was only the catalyst.

    A few ban-happy,power tripping moderators did come over here, though. I don’t have specifics on that, I just know I’ve seen them, and I’ve also been banned for some real dumb shit. I just stay away from those communities/instances.

    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      5 days ago

      This feels somewhat different because previously, generally speaking, the problematic subreddits (jailbait, fat people hate, etc) were pretty much isolated to that subreddit, so action could be taken to that subreddit without a big blast radius to the rest of the site. Also, for the most part, the issues were targeting marginalized people. Going after people in the comments of r/popculture for upvoting a comment about Luigi is nothing like previous controversies.