We also have bans here. And they're also rather arbitrary. Just never defend europeoids (they are guilty by default, no matter what happened) and always defend minorities of any kind (they are always right in their rightful rights). Simple? Not quite. You will still be banned from time to time even from the communities you never heard about(local moderators love that).

But overall, it is much nicer here. Moderators are fewer and lazier, and some people can sometimes even read your arguments before calling you a racist or something.

banned.

Huh?

🤚 yo.

I came over in 2023, like so many others, in protest of the API changes. Originally, I was sad that there were so few users here, but actually it pretty quickly started to feel more comfortable. I still maintain an account over there, but I haven't posted there in ages. I like it better here.

I stopped using entirely a few years ago, I kept getting banned (esp after 10/7) and spinning up new accounts just felt like a waste of time. Now this is pretty much my only social media aside from XHS.

I much prefer temp bans, but it does depend on the context

Exactly 7 people are

I deleted my main Reddit account and jettisoned about 14 years of memories etc. Had a new account. Prolly still have it but I’m not going back. There’s just no reason to.

I joined Lemmy after the API fiasco in 2023. Was hoping more would follow but they did not. I still maintained an account here and on reddit for a while.

Then, my original reddit account of 12 years got banned for saying mean things about Nazis. Reddit admins really don't like when you are mean to Nazis. I made another account which miraculously lasted for another 13 months before getting whacked for ban evasion.

I continued to scroll on my banned account via Infinity because fuck the official garbage app. Now that reddit has quietly changed API privileges again, no more new accounts can request an API key so my read-only forays there will likely come to an end soon, when my banned accounts key stops working. I'm done with reddit after that. I'm fine with chilling here waiting for others to figure out they're in a cycle of abuse, and making the right choice by leaving reddit in the dust.

I'm also initially here because of a reddit temp ban for speaking ill of Israel, and I've been followed here, and when I joined lemmy, record setting ddos attack on cloudflare occurred, so I have to be careful what I say here as well. I've also gotten really sick of the reddit algorithm and I always felt like I was baited into bad conversations. I do wish lemmy was more active and spread out though. Right now, it's really only scratching my political talk itch, so I guess I'm thankful I don't have to take it elsewhere.

i have been shadowbanned on my last account. so basically im here. Reddit is very pro-right wing now so any accusation or "impliying" physical violence is a instaban in some case.

unless u are planning to use a new device/ip address and a new browser theres very little chance to get back in, if you are banned.

I am, but there's such a strong focus on American news and politics that I still jump back to Reddit a lot though

I gradually weaned off my Reddit usage and fully stopped by 5 months after I opened my Lemmy account.

There are echo chambers, there are ideologues, and there are jerks, compulsive contrarians and trolls, but I really do loving having more indepth conversations with people on Lemmy, even with whom I disagree.

I use both for different reasons, different communities

Same here. I’m still on Reddit, but the moderation can feel unpredictable, and it’s discouraging when normal comments get flagged. Finding Lemmy has been refreshing, and I’d like to see the community grow into something sustainable and balanced.