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Paul McCartney’s official Reddit account seems to have been banned. The account, u/paulmccartney, had just dropped a set of photos and videos from the first night of his shows at the Fonda Theatre. It went straight into the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit. Then, not long after, the whole thing disappeared.

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[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I’ve never been banned from any instance or even community here on Lemmy. Every time I see people complain about it, I can’t help but wonder what they got banned for.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got banned from one community ages ago for "being a terrible person". But that was only once, and I post a lot everywhere, so it might just be an outlier mod. IMHO the important difference is that I can't get banned from Lemmy entirely for saying "Luigi Mangione".

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I was banned from a users communities that I've never joined because I made a joke about there being far left states on the west coast. Either geography is not their forte or they were ban happy for anyone who doesn't favor the right states.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think I got banned from a community because I said something stupid while drunk. Arguing with someone which is uncivil so I would say it was appropriate. If you are ever bored though just go to an instance, and scroll to the bottom and click Modlog, it'll show you all the posts/comments/bans occuring.

Most of them make sense, sometimes you will see someone going on a weird trip banning people for 75 years for God knows what. I usually only go there if I posted a comment and end up seeing the comment I made leads back to a removed post, I'll get curious and check why

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just because you don't know it's happening doesn't mean it's not happening. Like I mentioned, take some time to watch PTB.

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What is PTB? Pardon my ignorance

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ye Power Trippin Bastards. It should probably be a required join for new accounts, it's great to see how both ends of the candle are burning.