I just got a ban for “encouraging violence”. Someone asked “what will you do to celebrate when he dies?” Someone else started talking about how they have a fantasy about getting the death note and how they’d put that to use. I chimed in with my silly fantasy of using a seance to end politicians’ careers by getting them possessed by the ghost of GG Allin, and enjoying the mayhem that would ensue.
So, anyway, right after that, I found out that all the people who were so transgressive to have actually liked that comment of mine can, as of a couple days ago, expect punishment as well. How draconian.
And so that was that. No sense in being lorded over on the internet by the same people who run HOAs. It’ll be fun watching Reddit flush itself down the toilet from over here, I expect.
There was r/YSK post that got me here. I’m not going back to reddit.
Me too! I’m old and a little lost and confused, but I’m enjoying doddering around here so far.
tadaaaa, here I am :)
Welcome. It’s better here and with more it will grow. Thinking about hosting even. Why not.
I got perma banned for saying I hoped Marjorie Taylor green trips and swallows her own head.
What if Marjorie Taylor Green already tripped and swallowed her head?
Her being inside-out would explain a lot.
This is some Shel Silverstein style shade lol, I like it
Hilarious - literally and the fact that would trigger a permaban.
I appealed it too- they said after human review, I was inciting violence.
I got my perma ban from saying “only a matter of time before Elon gets united healthcare’d” was on there since 2006.
Damn, is there really that many people getting banned? I’ve heard a bit about what’s happening but didn’t think it was a widespread thing.
This was announced by admin so it’s definitely widespread. Turns out they hadn’t even considered that someone can edit a post or comment and that you could be banned for upvoting something which, at the time, had no “violent” content.
So, one could theoretically go into a conservative subreddit and use comment (or post content) editing to bait-and-switch them into upvoting a death threat against spez?
I cackled reading that.
Badge of honor, I reckon.
Oh my God, that’s amazing! We’re glad to have you
This is clearly a credible threat! The reddit community must be protected from this dangerous rhetoric.
ok im gonna steal that
Ugh. Another goddamn September.
I’ve been here since reddit backstabbed its 3rd party app devs, and even just since then, Lemmy has grown a LOT while reddit continues to enshittify.
Welcome aboard!
Yep, went cold turkey as soon as that happened, been here every day since and it’s so much better!
I tried to leave them, but didn’t know about Lemmy. I’m here now! After 13 years!
I feel like today is my first day but I made a serious attempt to move here when that happened. I just couldn’t get the apps to work on my android – I kept having to make new accounts when the one I’d set up would suddenly no longer log in.
But today things seem to be working beautifully!
There are quite a few mobile apps to choose from now. I’m using Sync with no complaints, but I haven’t done a comparison since I joined.
My main complaint with sync is that the premium version is just too damn expensive. At least give me a discount since I bought premium for Reddit sync ! Then again, it usually fails to serve me the ads these days, so I guess it’s alright.
The ads are barely noticable tbh. I just love the feel of sync.
The main complaint I have is that lemmy spoiler tags are incorrectly implemented by sync, so you can’t reveal what they say.
I still use it out of habit from Reddit days, but it’s annoying that something so easy to fix is getting ignored by the dev. The app is pretty much abandoned at this point despite still selling the premium subscription
Yeah it’s definitely way too expensive for an abandoned app.
I’m using Connect on Android. It’s worth a whirl!
Jerboa works pretty well. No premiums, no ads. It’s nice.
We are small, but Lemmy is something that no business can take away. I have faith. Been here for a while and happy to see new faces.
Welcome! We’ve got memes on deck at [email protected] and if you’re a programmer of some kinds we got [email protected] to scratch that itch and be sure to drop a shit(post) off at [email protected] or if you want SCIENCE and memes head over to the wonderful [email protected] or if you just want regular SCIENCE mander.xyz is full of sciency comms like [email protected] and [email protected] . [email protected] is also nice this time of year, but you’ll have to post before you can leave.
We have Tankies here too, but here they’re mostly on the Tankie Triad lemmy.ml, lemmygrad and hexbear. On .world instance you only have to worry about .ml, but on Lemmy you can do a personal instance wide block if you’d rather just not deal with them
Hehe, I actually joined my instance in no small part due to it already having taken anti tankie countermeasures. Don’t need those people buzzing around like horseflies, I had a tankie father and my patience for that shit is basically zero.
Thanks for the recommends, neighbor!
I’m starting to feel left out that I never got banned. Still not going back though
I don’t think I nuked my account when I left… I kinda want to log in & see if I got banned yet for stuff posted/up voted over a year ago.
I have to say, that is one hilariously fantastic way to wish ill on a group of people.
Welcome to Lemmy!
I got banned for harassing a mod
I still have no idea what they were talking about
I was on reddit for over 10 years
If we ever get our hands on the data, I think it’s probably a safe hypothesis that most of the banned users are anti-trump.
Gotta make reddit a safe space to support his reign or emperor Donny will have a temper tantrum and Spez is easily frightened into submission
Any response to a mod is harassment.
I got banned for harassing a mod
I still have no idea what they were talking about
Here is how that works; a subreddit mod bans you, preemptively or otherwise. The mod-list for the sub is now permanently hidden from you. Subreddit mod(s) spam posts to their subreddit. You report post(s) you genuinely think are violating the rules over the course of a few months. Without realizing you are reporting one of the mods. A few more months go by. Reddit finally reviews your reports. The admin assumes you are harassing the mods of that sub. Receive escalating suspensions until banned.
Subs pushing Far-right, Russian and Islamic propaganda use it pretty effectively to silence anyone speaking out against their racist bullshit.
use it pretty effectively to silence anyone speaking out against their racist bullshit.
That checks out
Welcome my son. You may proceed unto the Fediverse with Saint Luigi’s blessing.
Posts as if with Luigi’s blessing
From a .world account
GG Allin possession is a great note to leave on, congrats!
I just wanted something different so I came here. Also trying to fedi my fun and leave old services that have been enshittified.
Ive seen the same thing reported on Lemmy.
Moderators need to be careful to not fall into the same trap.
Some home countries that host many of the instances on lemmy have pretty rigid rules for what constitutes promoting violence. Many of the mods/admins are just doing what they can to ensure the lights stay on by removing posts/comments that violate these rules.
Would be nice with a list of that somewhere so users can choose what kind of moderation culture/country laws fits their own personality.
Some users definently wants to be protected from content they dont like, but some feel equally strongly they they can handle it without a internet daddy.
Its a bit like how rich people use swiss banks to get to keep their money, since they dont agree that the country they are born in should take a large cut of their profits.
There is info and ToS on each instance’s main page.
I think you mean lemmy.world now and not the general fediverse.
I’m pretty sure all instances have an about page and rules.
Well, an unpaid job that involves exercising power over others is always going to attract insufferable, self-important people. It’s why I say they’re the same people who run HOAs. Just petty little power trippers. I mean, if it ever gets bad, one can always start one’s own instance, make competing subs, and make them off limits to the offending mods. Odds are good they’d be driving the members away as it is.
Welcome to the fediverse, and retrolemmy! If you have any questions there are loads of “new to Lemmy” communities like [email protected]. Users are usually pretty helpful to reddit refugees, since most uf us are refugees ourselves.
If you have any questions or recommendations for retrolemmy itself there is [email protected] , or you can message me privately.
