I was close to a million karma when they permabanned me after 12 years. I would have reached a million this year. People like us, with years of steady posting and high karma, built Reddit, and suddenly we’re all declared troublemakers, and kicked out, for doing what Reddit was created for - having lively discussions about controversial topics.
Kind of a microcosm of what’s happening to other demographic groups in America, and will be happening with even more in the future. The administration will declare that any group they don’t like are “Terrorists,” and willnbe sent to thebEl Salvador torture prison with nonduebprocess at all.
Yeah when I started getting suspended for simply upvoting Luigi comments, I realized it was time to leave.
I deleted my 13 year old high karma account. And now I’m adjusting to being a new Lemmy user.
I had so much karma.
Too bad I couldn’t cash it out for nickels or something.
I was close to a million karma when they permabanned me after 12 years. I would have reached a million this year. People like us, with years of steady posting and high karma, built Reddit, and suddenly we’re all declared troublemakers, and kicked out, for doing what Reddit was created for - having lively discussions about controversial topics.
Kind of a microcosm of what’s happening to other demographic groups in America, and will be happening with even more in the future. The administration will declare that any group they don’t like are “Terrorists,” and willnbe sent to thebEl Salvador torture prison with nonduebprocess at all.
Did you actually get a message that said “because you upvoted”? I still don’t think they track and suspend based on upvotes to something
It’s a recent development, but yes they do that now.
And yet