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Banned from reddit obviously.

because cough

FFFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK RREEDDDDDDIIITTT

/clears throat

Ad allergy - when the API went I tried default and fled screaming into Lemmy pursued by 100 "hot singles" ads.

i could no longer stomach reddit and am uncomfortable using mainstream internet.

For me, it was the simple recognition that concentrating power and control over online communication behind a small handful of corporations and their billionaire overlords is extremely unhealthy for society.

I was banned

Because PieFed didn't exist yet

Everyone else was doing it, I just wanted to be popular. 

Reddit API locked, RIF fell into a grave, then Lemmy and the voyager app rose up to take it's place for me :)

From a previous comment of mine on the same topic: 

I was browsing around on r/kde sometimes, and there was a banner-thing Saying that KDE Supported open platforms like Lemmy. I took a look at Lemmy's Wikipedia, and browsed around a few days later. I liked the stuff on c/programmerhumour, So I joined. Also my Reddit account got banned (i think, might be deactivated, idk) due to inactivity (I wasn't on for 2-3 years), and I didn't care to do anything about it. Also, as a bit of context for the above, it did take a while from hearing about Lemmy and browsing and joining.

I have recently switched to PieFed because it has a faster development cycle and more features (same username). 

Reddit banned my account site wide.

Idky.

First time I was banned from Reddit. Now I’m permanently banned so y’all stuck with me.

Reddit alternative/recommended to us/better communities

The combination of shadow banning on Reddit and the Reddit right wing platform wide rule enforcement shift that happened about a year and a bit ago.

They already made a bunch of decisions earlier that I also really disagreed with, but at some point it was just too much. I still miss the super niche crafting communities. There aren’t enough crafters on Lemmy to go full niche like that, even if I made them myself.

I had been looking for a reddit alternative for some time, but nothing I found was both active enough and not a receptacle for all the shitheads who were too reactionary for reddit. When the API fiasco happened, it seemed like there was an opportunity for federated link aggregators to be that. So far, it seems like that has been true. I was also attracted to the open source nature of the thing.

I'd already been on the microblogging side of Fedi for about a year prior, but the first time I saw Lemmy I thought it wasn't really there yet, no critical mass. Then the API debacle happened and I decided to try out Kbin, later Mbin. Never looked back, even if this place can't actually replace the kinds of niche communities I used Reddit for, I still refuse to go back to Reddit on principle.

Reddit API apocalypse and their plan to IPO to sell everyone's posts for data.

I don't love Reddit as a whole, plus they broke the apps I was using. I was already thinking about the Fediverse (Mastodon specifically), and then I found out about kbin. Checked it out, stuck with it, moved to Mbin when kbin.social died.

Irreversible PermaBan with no explanation. And I always disliked the prevailing culture there.

I remember I was talking to a dev who worked for Facebook and he mentioned that big tech shadowbans users and suppress posts which can affect them or the ruling government and nobody will notice it and eventually all thr outrage dies down.

Gave me an example of how people have accepted phones without headphone jack, microsd etc. And are now okay with it.when apple and google wants something to sell, they shadownban and suppress posts that create outrage.

Another example was Facebook pays billions to ISP in 3rd world countries to lobby their government and then pays phone manufactures to preinstall Facebook so it never gets banned even after toppling government, fake news, killings , terrorism etc.

So basically using decentralised apps and avoiding apps controlled by single entity especially built in US us the only way you don't get brainwashed.

I was banned from Reddit in June of 2024 for saying I hope the libs of TikTok women would get hit by a bus. I heard of Lemny through a google search and I’ve been here for almost a year now.

The great Reddit APIcallypse exodus - but not for the reason you'd think. I actually used official app, didn't care much for the 3rd party stuff. Though I understood why people might care about it.

No, what did it for me was how Reddit handled it. The arogance. The hostile takeover of the subreddits that went down. I didn't like that one bit. Plus, every day Reddit felt less like how it used to and more like your typical social media. But what can you do, eh? I liked the format. But there is nohing other like it... right?

Well I said something like that in some thread where the discussion went off-topic to discuss the situation (pretty sure it was a Harry Potter sub). "If only there was an alternative!" Well there was, and it's called Lemmy, one user said. Intrigued, I checked it out - and was utterly confused. Instances? Federation? Makes no sense. So I figured I would ask. The guy (or gal) was super nice - answered all my questions, gave me pointers... and here I'm.

It was like you don't know something was broken but suddenly it's fixed and you don't know how you could've functioned like that before. It certainly helped that at the time I came here for the first time, the activity was booming so it was easier to switch. Died out a little after a while, but I feel like it is in a very good place now, activity wise. There aren't ultra specific communities for everything, but usually there is a general one at least. And it feels more like the Reddit I first joined than what it ended up being.

Infinitely grateful to the guy (or gal) tbh. Inevitably, being here taught me there are alternatives to more than Reddit. That open source apps are great, actually. That there is something like degoogling. That Linux might not be as scary and foreign, or for programmers only.

I don't know who you are, kind lemming - but hope somehow you read this.