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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 81 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

The best way to leave reddit is to get permabanned.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can confirm. You can have the mildest takes and still get permbanned.

Did you know, that saying Neo-Nazis should be named and shamed is a permbannable offense?

Reddit is becoming Xitter 2.0 and I'm really hoping the remaining human users on there figure it out soon.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

actually since reddit start scrutinizing new accounts and old accounts, you dont even need to cmment to get shadowbanned. thier AI just assume "sudden activity from a new or old account, is consider bannable" they see these types of accounts as potential bots. but we know reddit just wants less users, and only browsers to site anyways.

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Another easy way is to use a VPN like Mullvad. They block you and you can't see anything.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I DO use Mullvad! It's only $5 a month. I love it.

[–] RedditIsALostCause@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Can corroborate lmao. They’ve saved me so much time that I usually spent correcting misinfo, but I guess that’s what they want on their platform. Anyways Lemmy’s been an okay replacement.

[–] dil@piefed.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like I went through withdrawals, took like a month to get over it, now I rarely use reddit, not missing anything, just thought I was, I guess I do miss reddit from like 2015, but it was getting worse every year, one of my last posts months before my permaban was asking for alternatives. (It's how I found lemmmy lol)

Reddit is also at a point where everything has been asked and is asked again weekly, i don't really need to post/comment anything myself and my votes mean nothing because of the volume. Most of my comments would get lost in a void.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i think everyone, before the ban was pretty addicted to reddit especally logging in. i only skim through reddit now and then. i visit pet related, and science related subs more often(since im banned i just browse without logging in)

[–] dil@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wish I could scroll it and get the daily dopamine but I forget about it, mostly just google searches these days, it used to keep me actively into my hobbies since I get distracted, but not being able to comment irked me so I stopped browsing the app (plus the fat red you are banned banner on every page)

[–] krunklom@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

They use weirdly aggressive fingerprinting to make sure you don't make any new accounts, too. What a bunch of weirdos.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There's still way too many niche communities on Reddit that just haven't taken off on Lemmy e.g. alternative and non-team sports.

There's a ViolentMonkey script that can automatically delete all of your Reddit comments. I just run that every few days.

It's not ideal, but it's the best that I can do if I value access to those communities, which I do.