are you permanently banned off reddit? or do you just like lemmy more?
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there's some niche communities i occasionally check in on on reddit, but i've basically abandoned the site ever since the api debacle killed my preferred app. i mostly just browse on mobile so a decent app was important to me.
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Not banned.. at least not that I know of. Just saw the writing on the wall after the API horseshit.
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I should get my account banned now...
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Unsure about "permanent ban", but have only recreated a duplicate profile as a means to follow the same content without commenting or posting.
I hopped onto the Reddit train late in the game, partially because I was busy elsewhere, but also because of the kind of bullshit that I'd heard about which wound up being pretty accurate. Inter-subreddit feuding, mod omnipotence wielded without the sort of checks and balances or the discretion that it should be, etc. I'm a little annoyed, but not really all that put out given how little I valued it to begin with. It's said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but there wasn't even so much power to be had, some Mods were perfectly reasonable while others were practically bursting at the seams to fuck with users and jerk themselves off about it. I'll settle for news, steam giveaways and smut, thank-you-very-much.
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I left with the API issues. As far as I know my account is still in good standing.
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I stopped commenting on Reddit years ago, I always used r/all almost exclusively and they ruined that algorithm multiple times over. I could never really tell if I was talking to a bot or not when commenting either.
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The people on Lemmy make Reddit users look good. Seriously people here are mean as shit. At least on Resdit mean comments are usually downvoted.
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Same here. Couldn’t use Apollo anymore so I downloaded Voyager instead.
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Left due to the API stuff due to Apollo getting axed. Loved that Christian recorded their calls and exposed how crappy they were for blaming things on him. Fun drama, but I left and never looked back.
It’s still a bit of an echo chamber of sheep in here but I haven’t really tried different servers to find like minded ppl. I like the mod of the server I’m on and that’s cool for me for now.
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Which communities do you mostly comment on? I'm probably just commenting on shitty ones. Lemmy shitpost and asklemmy are absolute dogshit.
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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.
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I got a note on my phone saying delete reddit its not the same 4 months before my ban, but I def had no intention of leaving til I was banned
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Karma was so meaningless, checking old posts/comments for credibility is always the best method, pretty easy to notice trolls
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But obv the smartest most helpful ppl on any given topic have old reddit accounts with a lot of karma so they can post? That prob killed amas too, celebs prob didnt have enough karma to make a post
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I never really used Reddit, but I read an article during the API debacle in 2023 that mentioned Lemmy so I gave it a shot.
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I deleted reddit after the CEO made shitty decisions. So only Lemmy. So far it has been a much better experience.
