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When I say dead users, I mean ones who have been banned, suspended, or deleted (probably after they got banned). I see this so often when browsing posts, and it is so reflective of the problems I have been faced with as well. I'll be scrolling through a post, and sometimes unironically like 50% of all comments have the stupid little profile picture with its back turned, and when I hover over it it has either been suspended or deleted.

I have been having major issues where I've basically been permanently wiped off the platform over some bullshit permaban and can't get it appealed, and it is just shocking that so many other people are obviously just getting completely swept away by these same bullshit bans. How is Reddit going to survive like this? It's to the point where any sort of long-term engagement on the site just seems impossible because soon enough the CIA-level, all seeing AI will catch you in its net and then you're done.

Even if they miraculously change their system to not have the world's most oppressive ban system, what happens to everyone who's already been banned? Will a decent percentage of the entire platform just be fucked for life because they were on the platform at the wrong place and the wrong time?

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 66 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Yep I'm a reddit refugee

I was permabanned for saying "bad bot" to a nazi apologist

Yet when an intimate video of me was being shared without my permission, they apparently couldn't do anything because it breached no rules

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I got banned for saying a mod was on a power trip. I was permanently banned with no way to appeal. Been here ever since. Haven't been back. My wife showed me a reddit thread the other day about a serious topic and every single comment was a meta joke about nothing. I expected to see serious answers like the old days but it was just comment after comment of people trying to be the next broken arms or coconut fucker. I'm all for funny shit but it was all just cringe and my axe bullshit. That place is just awful.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It has devolved

I'm annoyed only because I had quite a number of genuine fans of my content, and reddit was kinda special to me because I'm now engaged to my biggest fan

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

That's like better than 99% of all bullshit on the Internet. That's such a cool thing. Reddit isn't (wasn't) all bad, but it became the Nickelback of websites. It used to be such a powerful tool for people but now it's... Just... Whatever it is.

My mom and step dad met on AOL in 1997 on a game called slingo lol. My half brother just turned 22 and they're still together. My mom lived in Texas and my stepdad lived in England at the time. There's always a good side to every thing online but it's def not the average user experience

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, we're half a world apart

We see each other as often as we can, we're working on the visa to get her to Australia

It's crazy how things happen

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's awesome! If it worked for my mom and stepdad it can work for you two. I wish you the best, regardless of how you found each other. All that matters is you did.

PS - Reddit sucks regardless lol

Good luck, friend! Oi!

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks!

We're both older, we've been around, gone through some bullshit

She's an amazing woman, and I'm grateful every day to have her in my life

She's my best friend first and foremost, and so beautiful that the brightness of the sun pales in comparison

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I married my best friend. It's the best. Good luck to you.

It's pretty damned amazing

Thanks so much!

[–] HuskerNation@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I get the coconut ficker reference, what's the broken arms?

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Google Reddit broken arms and you'll see. Short version, dude breaks both arms, Mom senses his tension, jerks him off for relief.

[–] HuskerNation@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Oh ok yes I think my mind buried that, I vaguely remember that being posted

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That video wouldnt have had anything to do with fisting, now would it have?

/s

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nah, just me naked, by myself

I wasn't even having a wank in that one for a change

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

revenge porn or posting of non consensually released vids is now illegal in many places and reddit can be sued over it

course it requires some money to do so

It was a shitty situation, and it absolutely turned my life upside down

The bright side is that it gave me the push to do something I'd wanted to do for many years, but I was stuck in the golden handcuffs of my career

There's not a thing that I miss about my former life. Even the money was actually starting to become a problem, because it was turning into something that I was chasing purely for its own sake

It's funny where you end up sometimes, and absolutely crazy how we can get there

[–] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Was fisting involved? I think I saw that.

I post plenty of fisting, but that's not the video in this case

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't believe in false advertising