cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/73406944
It all started when my main Reddit account was banned—simply because I posted a comment criticizing the banning of a subreddit—resulting in the immediate loss of an account I’d held for about 4 years, with 102k karma. I appealed, but I received no response—not even a reason for my ban, nor any notification that I had been banned in the first place. I’ve filed appeals repeatedly over the past few months, but today, I’m finally giving up. Fuck Spez and his pathetic, whore of a family. When I submitted my appeals, there wasn’t even any indication that they had gone through; I was just left in total silence, unable to do a thing. I started using an existing alt account for basic tasks, but today, that account was banned too—all because I recommended the non-profit, open-source “VPN Gate” project to someone who was complaining about the mandatory KYC (age verification) requirements being imposed in my country. The only reason I was still using Reddit was out of habit, and I’ve decided it’s time to change some of my habits. Ultimately, this is the inevitable fate of every centralized corporation—without exception. There’s no guarantee that some complete moron won’t end up in charge of any of them. I wish more people realized this. If four years of my effort are being sold off to AI data companies, and everything can be permanently wiped out overnight without a word of warning, then that is, quite simply, data theft. Once again, fuck you, Spez—you absolute piece of shit. If you had even an ounce of courage or integrity, you wouldn’t have imposed those damn API restrictions in 2023 and ruined Reddit. I truly regret the four years I spent here, but it’s better to cut my losses now. Goodbye, you son of a bitch Spez, and your puppet, Reddit…
Your account was banned.
I deleted my account.
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Fuck all the Reddit mods
Totally agree with you. The moderators are sanctimonious, cencorious, petty idiots who do not tolerate freedom of speech or thought. I was banned for pointing out that in the USA there is a thriving business that treats tropical fish unethically. This was the offending comment. ‘According to major veterinary organizations and animal welfare groups, intentionally breeding animals for physical extremes which inherently causes chronic suffering, reduces life spans, and passes on harmful mutations is considered highly unethical. Despite clear evidence that the breeding practices of certain fish breeds such as Goldfish lead to them to suffering from a range of different conformational malformations causing pain, discomfort and life limiting conditions, some breeding societies have followed societal fashion for ‘cute’ fish, prioritising the aesthetics, rather than the health of animals. The types of Goldfish most prone to illness are long-finned varieties and heavily inbred colour morphs. Their genetic history and physical traits frequently leave them dealing with chronic conditions including abnormal behaviours. The breeders produce fish with biological genetic inbuilt obsolescence.’
I have been avoiding Reddit right up until this link.
Just post an image.
Reddit is my arch enemy.
Oh wow strong move, getting banned and calling it “I stopped using it” haha get real people. Either delete your accounts or maybe brag about something else
Well deciding to not negotiate to have your account unbanned or not creating a new account is a decision too.
But fine. Go beat your chest and be a moral warrior. Not like the outcome isn’t the same and we’re not all here supporting the same human-run fediverse and have to work out how to move forward with each other regardless how we got here.
What is it you’re hoping for anyways for all this distinction? A medal? A special icon? How important does this have to be for you? Or you just itching for stupid infights?
Thanks, you can mail me my medal, I will PM you the shipping details.
Didn’t offer. Just asked about where your level of how special you think you are is. I see we’re at the “Wow: The entitlement to plant yourself as the topic.” Main character Level here.
Could have intentionally gone away with a bang. Think making a popular post, then changing the image on its hosting server to say “Fuck Spez removing RSS, justice for Aaron Swartz, check out join-lemmy.org”
i recommend installing block site extension in your browser and adding reddit to the list of blocked sites. i did it almost 2 years ago and still sometimes instinctively type reddit.com when opening a new tab… but it’s getting better.
my account got first permabanned without warning or explanation from worldnews sub after i (politely) suggested that maybe blowing up a school full of kids (30 dead) is not the right thing to do even if a terrorist is hiding inside (under an article about case in gaza). then i still sticked around for my hobby subs for a while but the sute kept showing all kinds of other content to my feed. one day there was a picture showing a WW2 nazi flag on someone’s front yard in ohio and people were suggesting they should bring some veterans to talk to them and explain why it is wrong. i said that wouldn’t help and that people like this should be “tarred and feathered” - which was, according to reddit, not acceptable behaviour because “reddit is trying to be a place where everyone can feel safe and me threatening other people is undermining it”. banned and out.
Maybe a pipebomb mailed to Spez would be more acceptable.
stop that. letting people spew hateful shit publicly without consequences is exactly how we got to where we are as a society…
There, happy?
I got permanently suspended for unauthorized activity but I’ve only ever browsed and commented.
And no one stole my 30 random character password with zero cross site duplication, either.
thats reddits AI moderation for you, very arbitrary, unless you are a propaganda bot, which they barely touch or deal with. they do go after the spammers that reddit isnt getting thier slice of the pie in.
it seems you are using mobile, or the app. on the phone they do everything in thier power to force people to use thier app, which allows them to access more data on you. seems they havnt made significant moves ye to fully force logins, or get rid of old reddit yet. on desktop you it still can use old reddit on most browsers. on mobile you use the sinkit extension, or yeoldreddit.
Not for long. They’re making it only users who have logged in within I think 3 or 6 months will be able to access old. Fuck reddit. Delete your account and fuck them off for good
Now you can stop interacting with reddit bots and A.I. slop
You can still go into your account and nuke all your posts and comments
I prefer a full archive (EU data checkout is best), then mass overwrite with “Protesting Reddit’s [insert policy list]” and links to Lemmy so people can request the content by messaging me here.
yup use POWERSUITE delete. very simple, best to do only few subs at a time., as trying to do multiple sub deletes seems to cause it to stall.
Welcom to better place :)
Some of us left years ago without being banned because it was the right thing to do.
I stopped using them years ago… it’s a garbage pile over there. Nooooooo thanks.
What a stunning and brave move. Awe inspiring, your touch lights the way.
Welcome to the club! Every account I’ve made has been banned for “content violations” with no other explanation. I had a roommate who got banned a while back and I’m thinking they think I’m her? No idea but posting pictures of soap I make doesn’t really seem permaban-worthy 🤷🏻♀️
Have you tried reposting old content? That seems to be all they want.
For reallll
