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[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Good. I got banned just today for "inciting violence" then when I asked what I did they couldn't tell me. Musk pressuring spez into harsher moderation is probably part of why I was actually banned. I followed every rule but was active in left wing communities and it seems that's enough to be deplatformed under the trump regime.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh yea the generic "site wide ban message doesnt even tell you what the violation was" i think it gives reddit arbitrary and vague reasoning to ban you.

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I really hope the company burns. It became everything it used to make fun of since Spez took over.

[–] lydon_feen@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Holy shit, me too.

They said I threatened violence because in a thread about Putin potentially being sick, I said I wished he had a painful slow death.

Apparently even bloodthirsty dictators get to have their poor feelings protected by Reddit.

Fuck Reddit! I'm just gonna abandon that shit platform

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

you got brigaded by pro-russian bots, and yes russian backed trolls do mass report people too.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I had two main accounts. My oldest account got permabanned for a joke about Nick Fuentes. After his address got doxxed and he pepper sprayed a woman who rang his doorbell back in December of last year, I said "hey as an incel he should be happy that the ladies know where he lives now so they can share a cocktail with him", and I added a cartoon gif of a Molotov. It was obviously a joke, but they said it was "promoting/glorifying violence". I ate the bullet on that one because they were technically right, even if they were a bunch of humorless twats.

My other account got banned about a month ago when I up voted a comment that was just a picture of Luigi Luigi (the Nintendo character) smoking a cigarette. Again for "promoting/glorifying violence".

Elon Musk is a weak little crybaby and Steve Huffman is a pathetic coward.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

sounds like you were part of the ban waves going on. there was one around the election, another around DEC mid, we noticed because reddit was extremely quiet of all propaganda for like a day or 2.

[–] lydon_feen@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait... What?

Sure, the first example is understandable.

The second!? WTF!?

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah they've come out and said recently that even interacting with any content or comments that could so much as be perceived as being related to Luigi Mangione is a violation of Reddits policies against promoting violence. People have been getting warnings that their accounts are in danger of being permanently banned just for visiting certain subs. Not for posting. Not for commenting. Not even for voting. Just for visiting.

[–] lydon_feen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

basically the thought police.

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Idek wtf i said lmaoo. Atleast you got told you were deplatformed for daring to disagree with the regime. I just got shown the door. This place seems much nicer though.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

a ludicrous ban, is when i got "temp banned for report abuse" turns out if you report too many people who have spreading misinformaiton or lies, you get automatically flagged. the community is keeping the trolls in check, while mods and reddit admins sititng on thier asses of selective moderation.

and we know certain subs, are owned by a few power mods. LEO controls multiude of mods about crime and law subs(this includes the videos subs). askdoc is probably the only sub/medical is correctly moderated, they do it to prevent pseudoscience/ misinformation, one time after '16 election, someone try to analyze Hillaries facial movements as having some kind of stroke(the mods shut that down very quick)

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

The excuse to ban someone over reporting will never not be hilarious to me. Like dawg, sorry were making you do your fucking job and improve your site.

[–] lydon_feen@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Well, I had enough of this bullshit, and together with news that Reddit's CEO was pressured by Musk of all people to curb dissent, I just deleted my accounts.

Bye Reddit.

I'm 100% a Lemmee guy now

[–] Hellahunter@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was Permanently banned for harassment because I asked a mod why they banned me.

Mind you, I’d ask, and they’d mute me for a week straight instead of just pointing out what got me banned.

lol I pray for their downfall; this news pleases me.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Some mods are in cahoots with the admins, so they can just exaggerate the seriousness of a report and get people banned.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Harsher moderation followed by a bot farm the richest man payed for to report every account that is critical of Nazis.

I'm not even kidding. At this point the amount of comments on Lemmy that I've read that had 10+ year old Reddit accounts banned for "inciting violence" is crazy. I was one of them a few months ago. Told a dude denying a Nazi salute was a Nazi salute to "go to hell where Nazis belong". Was banned within an hour. Permanent and IP/Metadata banned. Instant response of "no" to my unban request.

This is not a unique experience either. Leave reddit like it's the plague. Digg died because of bad decisions. Reddit seems like it's gonna become 4chan but for the mainstream. I don't know if it'll die. I think they're purging anyone that has leftist profiles.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

2nd richest, many people believe mr PUTIN IS, AND he does have the largest troll farm in existence(which is the reason why many countries in the mess they are right now. and Musks master is putin, since hes likely funded twitter purchase, musk have been seen with one of putins propaganda chiefs in qatar right after it was bought.

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm just sad that I'm leaving all the marvel and action figure collector communities i was apart of behind. But yeah I don't plan on going back. It's gonna become infested with nazis sooner or later anyway.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah that's probably for the best. I say this with no judgement as a former WoW addict. It's the time to do shit in the real world and get organized to resist these Fascist. Hit up PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation) or DSA (Democratic Socialist of America) in your area. If anything it will give you a social life on Friday/Saturday (usually when they have meetups for PSL in my experience). PSL in my area even organized child care during meetups/protests.

Also, your local SRA (Socialist Rifle Association) if you have one. Basically the only place to train with a weapon that isn't filled with MAGA hats. But they have literally been overwhelmed since November so might have to deal with hogs in another course if you're interested in that. Again, depends on your location.

That's my experience trying to explore real life anyway. Your path might be different. Plenty of mutual aids to join. Lots of local organizations of any kind our leading the charge to resist ICE. Depending on your location that might be a Mosque, Synagogue, Church, Temple, etc. (Thats one of the main reasons they now legally allow ICE to raid them. Which is FUBAR.) Find out what works for you in your area.

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're probably right. I'm already armed so I'll probably check out some groups. I've been meaning to link up with some irl left leaning groups. Shouldn't be hard since I'm not far from Chicago.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Good luck comrade

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago