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Dead reddit theory (reddthat.com)
submitted 1 day ago by gerald_eliasweb@reddthat.com to c/memes@lemmy.world
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Random Rant: I feel like reddit died after they banned all the "unmoderated" communities. All the posts became sanitized. Now reddit is adding AI and streaks and NFTs to keep people on a platform that has no more content.

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[–] kerm@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Always did not like Reddit.. As an ex newgen reddit user reddit banned me for literally no reason.. Did not receive any reason, just some strange invisible ban (I could log in to account, do anything and etc and it would say Server Error).. Also this karma sh**..

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I had an alt account, I accidentally upvoted my main account's post and got shadow banned. I didn't realize for 3 months when I was like "why the fuck does no-one reply to my comments and does not even downvote let alone upvote my posts". But that was like 4 years ago.

[–] kerm@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

literally same but I did not like myself bru

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago

I'll admit the streaks kept me hooked to at least checking in daily. Then I got a permaban so I couldn't do streaks anymore so I stopped using the site.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

It’s sad to see sites like Reddit and Imgur dying. They used to bring me so much joy.

At least Fark is still holding steady, although photoshop contests just aren’t as fun as they used to be.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

The auto-moderation is terrible and bans you for the dumbest stuff. Reddit has continually gone downhill the last couple years. Ad's are out of control, and they love to promote religious ads and that should be illegal.

I was permanently banned for saying Trump's health was poor and he may be dead before 2028 and wont be able to run for a third term. Banned for inciting violence...

I guess reddit really just wants a site full of bots and 50 people who post the same stuff everyday.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 11 hours ago

92 people control about 500+subs on reddit, you can guess which one they are, and the ones less likely to get banned.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 4 points 12 hours ago

I wrote a very fiery letter that I'm sure a bot deleted about how it cheapened the phrase "violence" to have it be slung casually around at speech their shareholders don't love.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I got banned when I connected to a VPN endpoint (ProtonVPN). Instant, permanent, unappealable ban. 13-year-old account. Sole moderator of a couple subs

Probably for the best though. Screw Reddit

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

reddit has been coming down hard on vpn users since last year. its futile one they shadowban you, rarely i see peoples ban get lifted on the shadowban sub, apparently and pretty obvious, The user said reddit "made a mistake because thier filters were misconstruing your words for somethng offensive", i doubt reddit admins have time to look at every appeal, thats why i believe they ignore most of them, if not all accounts that are part of the multiple accounts from a single users.

[–] sausager@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

I was banned for saying something to the effect of "Fuck all the Republicans" in response to someone hating on a specific one.

My theory is they are removing all the anti-maga and replacing us with neutral/pro maga bots so it appears that there aren't so many people against them.

[–] pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I check back here often but I still much prefer Reddit over Lemmy. I’m still using a modded Apollo though.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I did too, but /u/me got banned also so I'm here a lot more. And bsky.

[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 23 points 21 hours ago

How it feels to browse any reddit community bigger than 10k members:

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Lol are people still using that shithole?

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

“Luigi”

your comment has been flagged for hate speech

your comment has been flagged for inciting violence

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Your account has been banned.

If you ever make another account it will be automatically banned because our app requires your fucking MAC address.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

Not true. They followed me through an extra Gmail I made but made a temporary email and have been fine for close to two months.

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[–] McCrankyface@midwest.social 8 points 18 hours ago

I just got an automatic 3 day ban (presumably because my comment contained the word "murder") so I said "fuck it", deleted my comments and posts, and deleted my account

[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Is that what reddit looks like now??? Gross.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

they want a read only site, filled with fake bots, and fake engagement. for the purpose of being read only, for advertisement, or they are planning onf selling the site down the line. the gop and musk, thiel would very much like to have control of something like reddit, especially musk, since he has triggered 2 ban waves when he complained to reddit(they were criticizing him).

ever since REDDIT went public thats whats been happening.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The engagement farming is reaching facebook levels.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

that is what reddit is trying to achieve, become a facebook clone. matter of time they push the verification that FACEBOOK uses to make accounts, if they get"suspicious"

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but add entire threads that are nothing but [removed]

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm just curious where all the users went if places like Lemmy arent growing. Piefed I heard was growing, but I kind of assumed they are getting users who are switching from Lemmy and still perusing the same content, just preferred their client options

[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Man, Lemmy on Reddit is like having to listen to someone who constantly brings up their ex in conversation whilst constantly telling you how little they care.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

"Wow, my ex was in the news again. He's running around downtown in a trench coat flashing people and trying to punch them in the nuts"

"Yeah, okay, we get it. You dated the Nutsack Bandit. No need to keep bringing it up."

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[–] thespawnkiller@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

After being there for 12 years, I was banned for no reason I know of. Appealed it a bunch of times and finally gave up. Done with reddit. Maybe I'll grab content from there for here.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Same, also 12 years in and no history of problems. Quoted someone calling a female user a "bitch" so they couldn't edit and reported them, I got flagged and banned from the large subreddit for "using a slur." I appealed and had the pleasure of talking to a ~~mod~~ grade-schooler with temper problems so the appeal was denied and as a result, somehow... for reasons that are still unclear, my entire account was then banned. Admins did not care. I made a new account and was shadowbanned immediately.

I could go through the hoops and change my IP and all that fun stuff if I really want to participate on reddit.

But I don't.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

even if they lifted a ban, people have reported being re-shadowbanned almost quickly anyways, because they dont clean out thier filters, after someone ban has been lifted. you only need to look at reddit wrong to get banned. new users, old accounts are not safe.

only the determined people will ban evade, have new IP address, new device, and other methods of ban evasions. those that make hundreds if not thousands of accounts to earn money from.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yah I went through all that, you have to really clean your browser before and after resetting your IP, and if you use anything connected to your old account you will be immediately shadowbanned, as well as if you use a VPN to sign up, or even to log in.

I eventually gave up, it's too much work to interact with bots and brainless people.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

browser canvas size, fingerprinting, they look at your screen resolution, your browser size, the current version, if your browser is minimized,,,etc. there are ways to hide that, but you probably have to go to a different forums how to do it.

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