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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Syun@retrolemmy.com to c/byereddit@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 144 points 1 month ago

I got perma banned for saying I hoped Marjorie Taylor green trips and swallows her own head.

[-] formation@lemm.ee 71 points 1 month ago

I got my perma ban from saying "only a matter of time before Elon gets united healthcare'd" was on there since 2006.

[-] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago

What if Marjorie Taylor Green already tripped and swallowed her head?

Her being inside-out would explain a lot.

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 140 points 1 month ago

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!

[-] Vreyan31@reddthat.com 21 points 1 month ago

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!

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 80 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I came here when all the API drama happened, and I didn't even use third party apps, I just decided that I didn't want to help make that greedy little pig boy any money. Even still, I'm actually shocked that they've cracked down this hard. It's hard to take serious, because it seems like they would destroy their userbase with this, but they're doing it.

[-] tbs9000@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I also came here when all the API drama happened. I also checked out Sqabblr, which had a different name at first. There wasn’t much here and I was confused by the fediverse. I went on Facebook and that was a hot mess of garbage.

I went back to Reddit recently and it’s noticeably worse - probably a combination of chasing away great mods and our world just being what it is makes for people being awful at each other rather than at problems.

I’ve just come back here this weekend and there seems to be more resources to help me understand the nature of the fediverse. Ideally I won’t be back to Reddit.

Sorry to ramble, hope you have a great week!

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[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago

Welcome to Lemmy, be sure to build your own subscription and block list. The updoots dont tally on your account (which I think is one of the healthiest changes), speak your mind, each comment stands on its own, and bad takes are not forever (Ive had my own fair share). If you dont like your mods, change instances or make your own.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bad takes are forever here. It's something I hate. Sometimes I'll comment on something and then end up deleting it because I just don't wanna get into it but it only deletes on your instance. I'll still get replies from everyone who can still see it.

Also is it still stupidly complicated to delete pics here?

[-] JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

You're federated when you post here. There are definitely instances that are a bunch of nazis, a bunch of instances that are really dumb, and more. It's the internet. Everything you post is there forever. I like my instance, because it's the best I've found. Finding and identifying your home instance is more important than blocking users and communities. That will be the next step. Welcome human!

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[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago

Welcome. It's better here and with more it will grow. Thinking about hosting even. Why not.

[-] blorps@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

I finally made the jump. Hi all.

[-] Fabian@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

All the commenters sitting in the circle replying in a monotonous voice: Hi Blorps!

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[-] sweddit@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Got perma-banned from a 15 year old account for joking about Elon Musk needing to get Luigi-ed. Fuck that place. Never going back.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Elon needs to have a come to Luigi moment. Welcome to the free internet, sibling. Btw fyi, .world tends to be a little more aggressively moderated than some other instances like .ee; it's nowhere near Reddit, and I wouldn't even say it's problematic, but folks have taken issue with their moderation before.

It's a bit of give and take, but I doubt you'll encounter a problem. If you do, just hop servers.

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[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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[-] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 month ago

I got banned for suggesting that maybe all the conservatives young men (the “alpha male types”) should be sent to an island where they can fight in an artificial, made up war against each other and then when they return home they’ll be progressives.

LOL. I was just making a point that people who call for wars are often the ones who have never fought in one. Oh well. Getting banned from Reddit is probably for the best, I should be supporting Canadian services anyway.

[-] Fabian@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

Good idea. We can dedicate a small island where all 'Alpha males' fight against each other every year. The winner is the true Alpha

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Welcome!

There are rules here, but you can say fuck and also post images in the comments, which is kind of neat:

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

I'm starting to feel left out that I never got banned. Still not going back though

[-] Roundeyegweilo@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago

Some right wing troll said something akin to "so much for the tolerant left." I replied "I don't give two shits about your opinion dude. I'll see you in the streets during the revolution.".

That was my third account banned. I figured that shit was pretty innocuous. 😂 This was a few weeks back.

Fuck reddit. It's probably for the best. They're talking about paid subs coming next year or whatever. I hope reddit burns to the ground.

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[-] SolidSky@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Came here after the moderation tool censoring of 'eat the rich' and 'Luigi'. That's some billionaire protective bs.

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

Keep in mind, a couple of instances including lemmy.world have removed what they consider calls to violence when it comes to Luigi. So general support will be fine, but if you ever end up crossing a line, remember that there are plenty of other instances which allow you to say: Brian Thompson had it coming, kill the billionaires, hang Musk in the town square, and the only thing wrong with doing a Luigi is that random acts of terror against the owner class just aren't sustainable (see Propaganda of the Deed assassinations in the late 1800s/1900s), you need an organized movement to support this kind of action.

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[-] Francois_vd_W@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago
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[-] TheChickenOfDoom@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month ago

Reddit has loved that asshole forever. We forget that back in 2016 Reddit allowed a huge subreddit full of upvoting bots and trolls to post the most atrocious lies and slander and bullshit (/r/the_d**ald) on the entire site and it got so bad that it was the ONLY SUBREDDIT ON THE FIRST PAGE OF /r/all FOR AT LEAST A WEEK.

They pulled back when they saw their profits declining and the massive backlash going on but now that we're in full fascism mode, reddit is going all out again.

Fuck that place.

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[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Everyone please put your narwhals and your bacon in the trash, this is jeans and beans country

(But you can put bacon in the beans, and on everything else, and by itself … no sense wasting bacon)

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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

I hope lemmy's hostility to nazis continues unabated.

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[-] subunit317@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Be the change you want to see in the world. I’ve been on here since the api controversy. I’m done with Reddit for good now, after about 15 years. So now I’m going to try to drive activity on all the niche communities I want to see here.

[-] kerf@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I also left for good after 'API-gate', after more than ten years.. It actually hurt to see how something that had been such a big part of my life for so long got worse and worse, like a family member becoming radicalized or something.

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[-] HaveMeOnYourPodcast@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There’s definitely a change in the air. I’ve been downvoted to hell for the last week saying and doing the exact same things I’ve been saying and doing the entire time, making jokes at the expense of celebrities and being snarky in political subs. For some reason this week joking about how DJ Khalid doesn’t go down on women and offering non-destructive pro-tips for deflating tires is worth a bunch of downvotes.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

I've recently seen people pretending that elon didn't throw a nazi salute.

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[-] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

I bet all of the right wing subs aren't effected at all

[-] MayorOfAlmonds@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

I came over to Lemmy a few days ago. I had still been using Boost for Reddit. Somehow my app was still working, but I finally got shut off a few days ago. I can't handle the promoted posts on the reddit app. I'm at peace with advertisements but the promoted posts were too confusing/distracting for me to comfortably browse.

[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

My final straw with Reddit was a year ago, with an r/askreddit question, "Now that the Supreme Court has given Presidents immunity, what's the funniest thing Biden could do?" I answered, "Shoot Donald Trump." I caught a strike for inciting violence, appealed it, and got a clearly automated reply upholding the strike. Made a Lemmy account that day and never looked back.

[-] edgesmash@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

"Shoot Donald Trump" is the funniest thing Biden could have done.

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[-] CheChimba@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Do you guys hate nazi oligarchs here?

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[-] tamman2000@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

I haven't been banned from many reddit communities yet, but I've seen the news about them banning upvotes for comments about italian plumbers and I decided it was time to look elsewhere.

Hi! I started reading about Lemmy over the weekend and made my account today.

[-] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can say "Luigi" here.

Welcome.

[-] arotrios@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Welcome my son. You may proceed unto the Fediverse with Saint Luigi's blessing.

[-] aark91@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

There was r/YSK post that got me here. I'm not going back to reddit.

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[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 17 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the fediverse, and retrolemmy! If you have any questions there are loads of "new to Lemmy" communities like !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca. 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 !general@retrolemmy.com , or you can message me privately.

[-] thickertoofan@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago

yeah im the living example, got approved yesterday, and I love the fact that lemmy is self hosted and decentralized, scratches the self-hosted itch of my brain.

[-] acme401@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Hi. I made it.

Just deleted my 13-year-old account. I'm fucking pissed how much effort I put into that fucking place. The hardest thing was overwriting my content so they don't grt to keep my work. It's done, fuck that place.

[-] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

I switched over and am permanently deleting my accounts. Be sure to do that, and don't just stop using it. They'll really only start to feel it when a bunch of 10+ year accounts start deleting, since they can't waive it away as "consumer fickleness" that will swing back around

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[-] ScoobyDope@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

I just came because of the bullshit.

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[-] PassionatePrincess@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Can confirm, have made the move. It was only a matter of time before that place went down the fascist watch list.

Facebook, gone. Amazon, gone. Reddit, gone.

Gotta get rid of my Google account next.

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[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 15 points 1 month ago
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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

oh its been fun, yeah

i love seeing spez fuck himself into a corner

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[-] Pavidus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I have to say, that is one hilariously fantastic way to wish ill on a group of people.

Welcome to Lemmy!

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