So yesterday I received a 7-day ban for ‘encouraging violence’, for saying that Luigi Mangione did not deserve to go to jail. It was obviously bullshit, somebody got a little hair-trigger on the new directive from Der Fuhrer spez or something, so I appealed. That appeal was reviewed and the temp ban lifted and the ‘offending’ comment restored, but 11 hours prior to that I got another message that I had been perma-banned for violating Reddit’s rules with my ‘other account(s)’. Well that’s also bullshit because I’ve had exactly one (1) account in the 14 years I’ve been on reddit, so I appealed that too, and thus we get to the cherry on top: I am no longer banned, I can post and such again, but they sent me the above message saying that my appeal had been denied and that the perma-ban was staying in place. But rather than linger in reddit limbo, I think I’m gonna switch permanently to lemmy. 14 years worth of curating subs will suck to redo, but oh well, life is change.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 hours ago

    I got shadow banned for making a popular post about dyi Luigi prayer candles on witches vs patriarchy. No warning no notification just a site wide permanent shadow ban on an old account with high karma. I feel like this is a better community though so win win I guess. Funny because I feel like they’re banning most real people and just leaving the bots lol. Tons of people post on shadow banned everyday this can’t be a healthy business model.

  • breezeblock@lemm.eeEnglish
    19·
    8 hours ago

    Permabanned for “glorifying or inciting violence” by replying to a post about Elon Musk under a dinosaur poop meme, where someone asked “what should the would richest man do?” with “he should eat shit and die”.

    Here for good.

  • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
    5·
    6 hours ago

    In a Yogscast TTT video some years back, Rythian used ‘Green Mario’ as a joking name for Bouphe, who was using the Luigi player model at the time.

    For those who want to undermine reddit’s power trip, I propose Green Mario as the first stick in their knee-bending attitude.

  • Fiction@lemm.eeEnglish
    111·
    8 hours ago

    Yeah, I was on Reddit for over a decade. And the changes especially in these past couple years have been so dramatic. I received a seven day band today for like the third time and finally deleted the app and here I am . No looking back.

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Once the era of easy money ended a bunch of tech companies who are never profitable and never needed to be because of the 0% interest rates are close to it all of a sudden had to get really profitable really fast so they all enshittified very rapidly

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
      8·
      7 hours ago

      I got my badge of honor during the API purge, when I mass edited all of my old comments before deleting them. It’s a little more quiet here, but it honestly reminds me of the early Reddit days. If you tag users, you’ll start to see just how small of a community it actually is; I see my tags all over the place in nearly every comment section.

      If you haven’t done so, consider looking into the various apps. Voyager (sometimes called Wefwef by the older users) is a sort of spiritual successor to Apollo. So if you’re an old Apollo user, you’ll likely feel right at home.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
    6·
    10 hours ago

    I got permabanned during the women’s March for cheering on the March posters and such. I started and admined the /keitruck sub reddit. I also had some other subreddits that weren’t as big. Keitruck is pretty small though. All that work for nothing. So I didn’t fight the ban, just moved here. Good move! Now I only go to reddit from accidentally clicking on web searches. Who knows WTF is going on.

  • arotrios@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    13 hours ago

    Welcome to the Fediverse! If you’ve been on Reddit for 14 years, you were attracted to what it once was. Lemmy is that, but a whole lot better, and your skills as a moderator will be highly valued here. In fact, if you are looking to start up any new communities hmu and I’ll see about giving you a hand.

    Also, here’s your obligatory Saint Luigi blessing for the banned:

    remember kids:

    A place in heaven is reserved for those who speak truth to power

    • Libra00@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      7 hours ago

      I have no skills as a moderator, sadly, I avoid responsibility as a lifestyle. Thanks for the warm welcome tho. :)

  • prairiemoonchild@lemm.eeEnglish
    16·
    13 hours ago

    Reddit is a bot-infested hellscape. I got so mad when I learned that most AITAH posts and popular sub posts were just karma farmers preying on our attention. Lemmy seems to offer some relief. Happy to be here :)

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
      7·
      8 hours ago

      Remember the time that they banned bots and didn’t get a new submission for like 48 hours on one of the most popular subs?

  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    9·
    13 hours ago

    Considering the time you were at reddit (not too different from mine), I think you’ll find Lemmy like reddit was in your earlier times there.

    What I mean by that is generally more thoughtful and reasonable discussion (generally), smaller communities, more generalized (but specific stuff is accepted, so “all ttrpg is good here” vs “thats pathfinder, this is for 5e only!”, as an example.

    Welcome and I hope you enjoy it here!

    Also, if you come across a server you think fits better as a home base - make an account, see if it fits. You dont have to stay in one spot just because its where you made your first.

  • MisterOwl@lemmy.world
    12·
    12 hours ago

    13 year account here, also banned for supporting Luigi. I tried to appeal, but the post had already been removed so I didn’t know what exactly I said that violated the rules, and my appeal was denied. This was a post I made back in December, mind you. They went looking for a reason to ban a Luigi supporter. They did homework.

    Somebody over there is really afraid of how popular Luigi’s actions are. I wonder why…

      • NicoleFromToronto@lemmy.ca
        4·
        8 hours ago

        Its tough to sell liberals golden eagle coins (not legal tender) as an excellent investment from the franklin mint that have a really high numismatic value. Advertisers are no longer satisfied with having just any eyeballs on their worthless tripe. They demand the dumbest most gullible eyeballs. They could have saved themselves alot of effort and just directly targeted the churches however.

  • Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    15 hours ago

    It is too much pressure for Reddit to have this many users. They’re doing their best to get rid of them. It’s just too much to handle… Poor Reddit

    Help Reddit’s well-being by leaving it and join Lemmy today!