• Alphamars@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I have created different emails and using different ip address form different networks. The moment I use the account on my current ip, I get banned

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    15 days ago

    I’m a bit less extreme about it than many here. But, in short, back when Reddit made sweeping API changes it immediately gave me ‘the ick’ and so I sought less centralised platforms. Lemmy is the closest thing I’ve found to people just hosting their own message boards like back in the early internet.

    I’m a big fan of decentralized platforms and I love the concept of ActivityPub.

    That said, I still use Reddit and have recently started to really enjoy BlueSky, so I’m not militantly against the corporate platforms or anything.

    Finally, I just like the natural selection things like Lemmy and Mastodon have for those who are naturally more techy and nerdy.

  • Vaggumon@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    Because Reddit is a shit hole from which no intelligent life will ever escape.

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    15 days ago

    Mostly because it’s fun to use sarcasm and hyperbole without attaching an obligatory /s in a den full of Linux users

  • pineapple@lemmy.ml
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    15 days ago

    I want to talk to people online but reddit is too yucky. Lemmy has a better community than reddit and it’s not for proffit open source decentralized and all the other things that I love.

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    15 days ago

    Grew up on enthusiast BBS, Lemmy is like a bunch of them are linked up.

    Dislike for profit internet as it must inevitably lead to enshitification, just never had a term for that in the past :)

    I don’t have an issue with “toxicity” as i just ignore it, like a dog shit on the side walk. I prefer the “BBS/Usenet format” to Twitter like Mastodon though I am over on Masto and had been there for many years. I don’t participate much though.

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    15 days ago

    I was here before the Reddit API kerfuffle, because I care about an open and decentralized internet.

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      15 days ago

      Same! I was hoping for a while that there would be a fediverse version of reddit. And it’s succeeded beyond my wildest hopes. Other than the misinformation, but I suppose that’s a problem everywhere.

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    15 days ago

    For an actual community. I was tired of Discord and Reddit.