Tenure doesn't matter; just think about how many people removed all their content in response to their API pricing, and they still didn't care. Reddit is gone, so is Twitter.
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Yea, I lost my 15 year old account last year. Started a new one and it just wasn't the same. Left a few months ago for here, still not the same, but better then reddit.
There is something going on there and I suspect that there is a real effort underway to tie peoples identity to a reddit account. They want a real email or a phone number and if you are denying them this and protective of your data they are getting not a lot from you. They read your private messages and are basically data mining the hell out of everything. Culling long time members seems to be a thing and for specious or no real reason? I would like to think that me blocking all ads and blocking my IP and using an anonymous email annoyed them. I supported Palestine and reminded people about the death of Rachel Corrie so that probably helped. Karma was good 17,000 and 39000 post and comment so I have only two words for Reddit Admins..and they are See Ya!
I regularly purged my comment and post history and before I deleted it I overwrote my comment history with fuck u/spez then deleted and deleted my account.
Nice my version of redact is no longer supported. I am going to age up a new account and hopefully figure out how to get un suspended so I can wipe the account clean and leave them with nothing
I used REDACT to clean up my comment history, It rewrites them to something like the quick brown fox jumps over..or Ipsum Locsum
Maybe they only want people who don't make waves, stick to pun chains, innocuous comments, etc. Things like news subs though are full of angry rants so I'm not sure.
I never saw the point. I was pretty jealous with my data and pretty scrupulous with my vpn and would not use it without my ad blocker or privacy guard engaged. As soon as they wanted access to private messaging and making chat the default it was a signal that they no longer wished to be locked out of any conversation. I just made a new tuta.com account and will be back there aging up and account directly.
a read only site like FACEBOOK, they just want people browsing.
reddit is pretty much in cahoots with GOOgle have you notice how closely they are entertwined. GOOGLE promotes reddit posts instantly to the top, no secret. plus reddit uses googles AI system i believe too, reddit allows google to scrape the site, also thier anti-botting system, captcha v3 is invisible bot checking system, which apparently triggers the v2, if it doesnt trust you.
reddit also recently made user history, hide-able, so you cant tell if someone is a bot by looking at a evidence of thier comment history.
I laugh at google. I dont use their email and I dont have a recovery phone number and I dont save my my watch history on youtube and I block every ad they try and send. Privacy Badger is pretty helpful.
i havnt tried making a new one, give hown they shadown banned, plus i went on another forum immediately they catch on to new accounts very easily, PLUS they also start targeting old inactive accounts that became active suddenly or new accounts. it is possible if your using a new device and a new IP address, plus a browser. apparently they trust google email/mobile made accounts more and iphone ones, over PC generated ones(they can tell through thier fingerprinting methods, what devices and components, where you generated your account.
Reddit is also giving data on users who say things the administration doesn't like to the DoJ, so fuck them anyway.
I met Steve, Alexis, and Aaron when the site was housed in Steve's Somerville apartment. They used to throw meetups in Davis Square. This was in 2007-08, before the Digg migration.
Reddit is nothing like it was then, nor are the founders recognizable compared to what I saw all those years ago. I'm not banned, but then I rarely go there any more. Lemmy isn't very good, but Reddit is a dumpster fire.
reddit is mostly bots now anyways.
19 years.Sorry to hear that. Makes my 3 year account loss bearable. I could go back there but I made a Mastadon and a Bluesky and now a Lemmy.I did a reasonable job of protecting my home IP so I can make another account but I don't care to make the effort. The no private message thing was pretty vile and having to keep an ad blocker active made it bearable. Like a bird being cast out of the nest Its best sometimes to move on. 19 years of your data is enough. Sorry for your loss
i made multiple accounts over the years to spread out the niche and liability of the bans, but with thier AI moderation they jus ttook out all my 1-11yo acccounts, multiples. one of the last account survived temperorily, apparently due to a bug/glitch when it asks you to change your password(they use this to fish people out so they can ban them)
This was a good tactic if you made one make 4 or 5 just in case. I kept only one and when they play the game ''suspicious activty'' change your password and then they dont send the password email then...you know whats up.
Ugh, /pics is a real dumpster fire. Mods run it like a business, everything must be bland and mindless.
I got past my ban by just waiting a few months. I guess they drop banned IPs after a while. Had to make a new account of course.
Got banned for calling Canadian convoy idiots “flaggots”. Every time I try to make a new account it gets banned. Assume it’s mostly bots now.
i had a 11yo account banned, although i dint use it for a long time, because i forgot i only found out because reddit was to massive purges at the time. with thier AI, they found almost all the accounts, and this probably happening to other people too. they retroactively ban people thats why the purges were so pervasive, plus they also apparently ignored the "wait how long before you can comment in a subreddit after getting banned" unofficial rule too.
Welcome to Lemmy!
Me too, because I made a joke about "If he just hadn't missed" - a hate post about trump = perma bann for life. Fuck reddit, never been looking bad. Lemmy.world was actually a solid solution.
Reddit really needs a great alternative. Lets see how Lemmy does in this regard.
I already got banned from a group on one of the lemmy feds. Guess I didn't agree with the echo chamber but since I couldn't see the offending comment I have no idea. I just abandoned the fed, fuck 'em.
If people would start posting more pictures of their pit bulls and just pets in general lemmy could be a fucking eutopia
I'd never let my young kids pet a pitbull. She already knows to ask before petting but I'll never let her pet a pitt. The only reason I carry a knife when walking my dog is in case a pitt bull attacks.
Petopia
Yeah happened to me. Got temp banned for trash talking, then went on an alt and then got perma'd. It is what it is but I spend much less time on there as a result. Win win?
as soon as you temp ban, any new account they consider is ban evasion. originally you could make a new account(hopefully before you were banned) and let it simmer to give the account age(to avoid reddits "ant-new account botting) then you can begin posting. but they look at everything now.
So glad I got the fuck out of there. I was almost banned for saying they should take out Desantis like the dirty diaper he is.
This was way back during Trump's first presidency. I appealed explaining that in the same series of comments way worse was said. The mod accused me of harassment for sending a single appeal. It left such a bad taste in my mouth I never really took the site seriously after that and moved on completely several months later.
It was a good thing though. Everything I had liked about Reddit had long been perverted, I just hadn't realized it.
mod accused me of harassment for sending a single appeal.
Jesus, those mods should be banned.
They did you a favor.
Your mistake wasn't making the comment, it was that it caught the eye of an admin's alt. It's why r/worldnews goes to shit anytime anything Israel related is ever mentioned, and it's such a sticking point for the admins that they basically had to throw away everything they had built up with the worldnews Q&A and interviews. They even used to pass off admin actions as that of the mods until eventually after getting enough backlash they just promoted the karmawhore mods willing to be loyal to them and forced the rest to leave.
They don't want users or subscribers anymore, they want a product. They don't give a shit how many years you were a member, and they secretly hope you do end up registering with an alt. It's basically a stick to implicitly train you to avoid those topics if you want to continue participating.
If you want to go back to reddit, your best bet is to run on a VM with a different yet standard resolution and to try to mask all the data your browser leaks about you (why there isn't a browser that already does this is ridiculous). Different timezone, location, etc. Tracking doesn't matter as long as you don't use it with your main account. Cycle your IP, which is usually simply turning off your ISP router for a while then turning it back on again, don't really need a VPN unless they want to start banning whole geographical locations. If everything works out, congratulations, you have become yet another organic user reddit has turned into being indistinguishable from fake bot users.
i t hink israeli mostly taken over r/worldnews since OCT 7 2023, like almost immediately. some people ttried shilling israeli/ anti-biden(against the election) propaganda through subterfuge in r/pics, at the time you could report those images which gets through. even russian bots dint go hard in /worldnews, but israeli was something else, they took over the sub.
I block worldnews and news from my feeds. I don't want that sewer in it. Some mods actually have bots that will ban you for posting a comment in a sub they don't like regardless of context.
Fascists. You have a home here. Stay beautiful, love.
12 years for me. Tons of Karma, made it to top page once. I made a stupid joke on Roast me, and someone considered it Hate speech. Tried to create other profiles, all are permanently banned now. Appeals are denied. Glad I found this site. I hope it scratches the itch.
All it takes it one power tripping mod or bitter Karen user to complain and destroy a years old account. Zero accountability in the other direction.
Curious how you heard about Lemmy. You digging it ?
I heard about it during the whole API debacle.
Yup, banned after 17 years here for speaking out against ICE. Guess Reddit is just taking a turn right into the shitter now.
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