how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?
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One of the main reasons I left Reddit was because I suspect we’re very close to that exact scenario. I can’t prove it, but many interactions just seem suspicious.
wrote last edited by [email protected]It looks like most of their non-investor revenue comes from ads and data mining. I assume buyers only want human human views and data. With that in mind, what do you feel like is going on over there, and what will it lead to? Can they get users to pay enough to make an AI fantasy land? Will they defraud advertisers and data miners wi AI astroturf? It's such a weird frontier. I wonder what fresh new horrors will emerge from the dystopia.
Edit: Not strictly relevant, but interesting link:
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or any other reason.. im curious.
They took a sub away from me with over 200K subscribers because I ran it in a way counter to Chinese investment interests.
I was there from the inception.
Am I an inflammatory piece of shit? Yes.
Is free speech dead? YES!
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I got banned for implying there might be genocide going on in Gaza.
Several years ago.
"Anti-semite, you want to kill all Jews!"
Talk about "every accusation is an admission", eh?
Only Israel may commit genocide, you evil genocider!
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When they killed third party apps while disregarding the need for accessibility completely - their own app doesn't even let blind people manage their own subreddit because of that.
So yeah, because I left reddit.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Man I can't even begin to fathom how little of a shit they give about disability and accessibility at this point.
Would you believe Reddit was actually a great and welcoming place a long time ago? Can't blame you if you don't.
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I got banned for implying there might be genocide going on in Gaza.
Several years ago.
"Anti-semite, you want to kill all Jews!"
Talk about "every accusation is an admission", eh?
Pretty much the same that and people reporting my every comment after I wrote a few negative comments on Trump and Musk.
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I came here because I needed my FIX and well, reddit banned me for saying I should be allowed to punch nazis. Permanent, appeal instantly denied, which, yikes.
Ah, the old "glorifying violence" eh?
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or any other reason.. im curious.
Two years ago. Haven't looked back. Much
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Not banned, but the app I used stopped working, and the official app is horse shit. So I just leave.
Same. The moment Apollo shut down I quit reddit and started using lemmy on the voyager (pretty much an Apollo clone for lemmy)
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I left over the API bullshit.
Same it was the bridge too far. Reddit was something I was willing to deal with on my terms. They decided that wasn't good enough and I'm smart enough to walk away from a toxic relationship.
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It looks like most of their non-investor revenue comes from ads and data mining. I assume buyers only want human human views and data. With that in mind, what do you feel like is going on over there, and what will it lead to? Can they get users to pay enough to make an AI fantasy land? Will they defraud advertisers and data miners wi AI astroturf? It's such a weird frontier. I wonder what fresh new horrors will emerge from the dystopia.
Edit: Not strictly relevant, but interesting link:
I think it’s a cat and mouse game, where they don’t approve or want them there but nothing they can really do.
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or any other reason.. im curious.
I was banned from Reddit as a "security precaution" which I assume means they didn't like the fact that my browser was always security hardened thus they couldn't track me to feed me ads.
I was already considering leaving for Lemmy, but when they straight up banned me for doing nothing wrong other than protect my privacy, that was the final straw. Mind you, I didn't even use Reddit that frequently anyway, which made me all the more baffled by their sudden decision with no warnings at all.
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I left over the API bullshit.
Yup, once they wanted to force their garbage app on me, I quit.
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Man I can't even begin to fathom how little of a shit they give about disability and accessibility at this point.
Would you believe Reddit was actually a great and welcoming place a long time ago? Can't blame you if you don't.
It's 2025 and I know from experience the world is inaccessible, but the most basic accessibility options in apps... C'mon.
And yeah I do remember, sadly. I miss the time reddit had silly inside jokes and comments weren't buried under bots talking to other bots. I miss Aaron Schwarz. (Although it must be said it was a weird time to be a woman acknowledging you were on Reddit because the times were... Weird back then)
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or any other reason.. im curious.
First I was temporarily banned. Then, permanently banned. They would not even display the comments in question which led to my exile. Toxic power tripping MF’s all up in it over there.
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or any other reason.. im curious.
left reddit in 2023 during the API debacle, funnily enough it's what made me aware of other social platforms so I guess it all worked out for the better
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or any other reason.. im curious.
I kind of stopped actively using Reddit in 2020, but without engaging actively in an alternative. Then the API debacle happened, so I registered a kbin account, when that died down (RIP Ernest) I moved here.
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or any other reason.. im curious.
Yeah, got a few temp bans for talking about shitler/muskrat and they perma-banned my account for "harassment". The post they linked me to didn't even link to a comment; it wasn't something I remember posting on.
I was getting tired of the culture over there anyway. I was also tired of arguing with conservatives who think their shit doesn't stink and regurgitate Fox News talking points about the "illegals" and ICE.
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Ah, the old "glorifying violence" eh?
Call it whatever you please, I call it "Reddit is pro-Nazi"
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or any other reason.. im curious.
I left during the API bullshit and never looked back.
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or any other reason.. im curious.
Got banned for calling an antivaxxer a waste of oxygen :3
