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My app stopped working due to their API stuff so I just kinda stopped using it over the next few weeks, after trying to use it in a browser which was horrible.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 11 points 5 days ago

Im mainly here cause I find the idea of the fediverse an intriguing concept to be honest :3

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 10 points 5 days ago

I became aware of Lemmy during reddit’s API bullshit. I left, and never posted there again. Let their greed, bots, and enshittification rot.

[–] kebab@endlesstalk.org 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Came here after my niche small Reddit client got officially shut down. When the API changes were announced, I knew that I’d rather switch than use their official Reddit client. I didn’t like that they charge AI companies for accessing my data and I don’t get any share of their profit neither. Here on Lemmy everyone can train their AI models on our data but at least there’s no random dude (spez) who profits off that.

The decentralization meaning that I can choose some random small instance and not be bound to the admins of any big one was another big point for Lemmy

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Yup. Then I forgot what community I was on and had to start over again.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I only tolerated watching reddit using the slide app, so no app = no reddit.

I deleted all my posts.

One day when browsing from a VPN they said if you want to see this page you need to login. I reluctantly login, to get an email a few hours later "your account has been permanently banned for suspicious login"

I'm not banned on Reddit. I just like the idea that a companies do not interfere in the Fediverse, or that at least we could detach from their servers.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh, at least two, I’d guess. But seriously, I left when the api was shut down and I could no longer use Apollo to browse. There were other signs, but that was my tipping point.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

Saw the direction Reddit was going in. Decided to join Lemmy to see what was going on. 2 months later I was axed from Reddit. Now here, I live.

[–] BOFH666@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Left Reddit, won't ever go back. Lemmy still needs more traction, but at least it is not as toxic and influenced by corporate greed.

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[–] BoredGamer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I still use both but slowly making the transition to Lemmy. Been making political posts on Reddit for a while now & I'm convinced the mods of r/meme will perma ban me after my temp ban is lifted. Can't speak the truth even if it gets millions of views.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Left Reddit after they killed third party apps ( R.I.P RiF) and haven't looked back. That site is dead to me.

[–] Yoldark@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm just making a comeback after some time. Reddit is dead, there is bots and ads and AI everywhere.

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I was banned for calling out an antisemetic dogwhistle in an anime sub. Asking why I was banned instead of the other person led to a permanent sitewide ban.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I had been sick to death of Reddit for minimum of 5 years. When Boost for Android stopped working after the API fiasco I abandoned all of my moderated subs, some I'd been running for 15+ years. I left them all in a sweep and decided to let people fight over them. I didn't give a shit anymore.

Then I got banned for a totally innocuous comment, which honestly was the push I needed to un-bookmark it and never look back.

I've been on Lemmy for 2+ years I think and although a lot of the content is re-gurgitate-it, I think overall it's better here.

edit: I didn't say it very clearly. I was on Lemmy way before my ban because I was just exhausted with R as a platform already

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I got banned I guess for using a VPN? I honestly have no idea why. At that point, I decided I just don’t want invest in that platform anymore.

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[–] razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 days ago

I initially joined Lemmy because I wanted to leave Reddit after the API situation. Admittedly I still use Reddit because Lemmy doesn’t have an active enough community for all the topics I am interested in or want information on. Once it gets there, I will fully make the switch.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Left reddit when the API nonsense was coming and the site had gotten so bad in general.

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Permabanned for supporting Luigi.

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[–] Nythos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

I left Reddit as soon as Apollo stopped working

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I got banned too many times for telling people to punch Nazis. Eventually I was permad. Haven't really tried to circumvent it much because why would I want to use a platform that vehemently protects Nazis?

[–] 37piecesof_flare@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

Got a few accounts banned there. It became for increasingly ridiculous reasons over time, so I decided after getting perma-banned for saying I hope trump strokes out from some condition he was said to have (blood pooling in his cankles), I decided the catering to the Maga pigs was too much - apparently saying you hope someone's condition worsens is "violence" now. Another was banned from a local subreddit for throwing out the idea of removing valve cores from the tires of ICE vehicles to slow them down. Insane. Done with that horseshit, the censorship has become out of fucking control there.

[–] ProteanG6777@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 5 days ago

Rude awakening came last year after using reddit since 2015. Got banned for responding to r4r prompts. These days its become a cesspit for telegram ads and spam. Ironical you ban humans for botlike activities but let bots roam freely .

Joined lemmy and mostly use discord as an alt for redit subs i was actively involved in.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Me, I got banned. I still used RIF until it died just to read Reddit, but once that was over I was done.

[–] LockheedTheDragon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I lived through Livejournal choosing to destroy itself and saw Reddit doing the same things and worse and walked away. Choosing short term profits over people makes me NOPE out. No bans or warnings for me. I guess I just don't type "dangerous" stuff even though I consider myself pretty opinionated.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

In this thread: People learning about digital immigration.

[–] ramenbelly@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

After my fourth or fifth perma ,, I decided Reddit was probably not for me .

[–] oplkill@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Shadow banned due to automatic filter

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