Like MySpace, Reddit, as we knew and loved it, died a long time ago (arguably long before the API scandal). The API scandal was just the straw that broke the camel’s back for many of us.
reddit when downhill the moment trump as elected the first time, i noticed they started to ban increasingly more, and easier, very sensitive filters, partially due to the rise of trolls and bot farms. then social media so increasingly lucrative revenue from right wings trafficking to thier platform through ads, thus the allowance of astroturfing, and banning of alleged “violence, or threats”
I have banned myself from Reddit.
Same. Also removed what content I had put there, to the extent that I could. Account is still there.
#falsedichotomy
Not banned. I chose Lemmy because I’m a big believer in the ideas of the fediverse and I want it to succeed.
I do still have to use Reddit occasionally to look up info that hasn’t made it here yet, but I don’t post or comment there.
Banned. Lol.
I was a bit passionate in my support for Luigi so it wasn’t an unfair ban unless you count the fact that it’s unfair to be punished for supporting violence against dealers in death.
Left when 3rd party apps were killed, stayed because I believe in the concept of the fediverse.
Still have my Reddit accounts, but just hardly use them. There is still a much larger active user base there for a bunch of stuff so I haven’t gone scorched earth yet, but Lemmy is my social media home now.
Left during the API thing, and everything I see confirms that I made the right choice.
Especially the fact that there are no investors to appease, no profit motive, and no advertising. It’s like a slice of the old web.
I left after the API price hike.
Same. And it didn’t impact me directly but clearly demonstrated the value of a distributed platform.
Steve Huffman is a greedy piss boy
I never really got into reddit.
Getting in on Lemmy (relatively) early made it feel more specifical so I actually do more than search it for answers
Fuck reddit, I left as soon as I could and deleted my accounts.
I’m banned on enough accounts they auto ban me when I make new ones. I went off the rails on a lot of political topics. I never threatened anyone, but I did wish them unspecified harms, use the words of naughtiness, and made myself a target of a few pro Trump mods and that was it. Anyway, I’m fine here, I also didn’t start using this until years after the ban so, not very related.
Yea i usually created new accounts, or made accounts just in case one gets banned on too many subs, the new one i just avoid the subs i was banned in. but this time once they banned people for anything, even if its temp they just rout all your connected accounts. Oh and they do shadownban people if you make another account if your previous accounts were sitewide banned or shadow banned. i think the shadowbanning is alittle worst than the outright site-wide bans. i was visiting the “shadowban sub” recently and people are getitng the axe the moment they create an account.
So I received a 1 week ban from the JusticeServed sub because I made a comment shitting on Elon Musk in r/joerogan from r/popular. Yeah these people will auto ban you from their sub if you comment in r/joerogan if you’re not even subscribed to either subs, I guess it’s some bot they have for that. When I messaged the mods telling them that’s just lame, the admins banned me from Reddit for 7 days and then I understood that Reddit isn’t a place where actual discussion is allowed to take place. I also like how Lemmy doesn’t entice doomscrolling as much as Reddit since (for now at least) it’s slower with updating content and honestly I spent way too much time on Reddit anyway. Also I like open source stuff so there’s that.
Fed up with Reddit’s owners, so I stopped my daily use. I did like Reddit more because of some well moderated and active subreddits, and I do occasionally pop my head in over there once a week or so to stay informed, but I spend almost all of my time here and on mastodon now.
I had a similar relationship with Facebook around 2015. Stopped pretty much entirely except for when I need to engage with Facebook marketplace, and I generally try to use Craigslist first.
Boycotting US stuff
Just Yeah. I canceled my Amazon subscription yesterday. I should have do so long time ago.
