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Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit
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I got banned from a bunch of Reddit subs for once telling someone they were wrong about the Yorkshire accent in the UK. They called me a liar about being British and then I got banned from like 30 places at once.
I got a sitewide warning a couple of months ago for suggesting that Trump's inaugural "board of peace" meeting was the apotheosis of the "you have one bullet..." thought experiment. "After reviewing, we found that you broke Rule 1 because you threatened violence or physical harm." I'll wager Trump's secret service guys were absolutely shitting themselves when they read it, so it's probably for the best they took it down tbf.
On the bright side, it was the kick up the backside that was needed to get me to try Lemmy, and I hardly use Reddit at all now.
I got a "permanent suspension" from all of Reddit. Isn't a suspension temporary, wouldn't a permanent suspension just be a ban?
That tracks. You pissed off someone who had a connection with a mod and/or admin. Been there!
I got banned once for dunking on IG travel trends and the mod involved was dumb enough to PM me threatening me.
It's just pathetic how emotional and over reactive people saying crap on the internet they don't like. I don't agree with a lot of stuff but I see no reason to censor people for enjoying musicals or whatever else I hate.
Considering all mods are probably mirrors of antiwork mod the entire world got to see - zero surprises there.
I once got banned in a bunch of subs, including some I wasn't even in, because a mod didn't like a comment I made in a sub that wasn't even theirs. They just didn't like it, so they banned me in all the subs they modded. Fucking weirdos.
Plenty of .ml related moderators on other groups as well that will ban users on lemmy as well because of .ml bs.
Yes that happens, for some reason that user actively goes to FuckAI and bans people who posted there. I can only assume that they see disdain for AI as a personal slight.
Yeah so the AI haters have doxxed them, posted their photos on Lemmy, and harassed them non stop.
But you got banned, that’s rough buddy.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
It’s pretty straightforward, they’ve been targeted and doxxed and harassed by anti ai trolls on Lemmy. You probably downvoted some posts in their comms, contributing to this and got banned.
If it’s a comm that doesn’t interest you, why are you even going on about it a month later to shit talk the user?
Why did I mention something relevant to the conversation? That's your question?
You could have easily done so without directly linking them. That adds nothing except pushing your vendetta and directing more harassment at them.
I don't have a vendetta. I'm entirely ignorant of the context you're describing. I got blanket banned from a series of communities by aforementioned user for (presumably) downvoting. I'm not really very interested in continuing this.
Listen bro, you could have avoided this. You should have known that anytime you comment or vote on lemmy you could trigger a sensitive mod's paranoia and be banned for that.
If you want to participate in Lemmy, you're going to need to learn to read the room, figure out the single opinion that is being allowed, and stick to it.
It's better than Reddit here bro, just make sure that you don't stick out and you won't be hammered down.
Looks like we're going to need a new decentralized platform.
Or just a platform without people, because people suck.
You got any proof of that?
Two wrongs don't make a right
Sounds like you were a dick and didn't realize and doubled down. No way to tell now.
I got banned from about 15 subreddits I never even knew existed once by calling out a transphobic dogwhistle, and when I inquired about the bans, the mods insinuated I was a child molester and neo-nazi.
Reddit mods don't need to follow any sort of logic.
And confidently asserting someone is a dick because they got banned from a subreddit is hilarious, and should probably prompt some self-reflection.
There sure are cases of injust behavior by power tripping mods. That being said just presuming guilt and malice is unfair to the volunteers taking care of reddit today.
“Taking care of reddit”
lol fuck reddit
But its okay to presume guilt and malice of the person commenting here?
What a bold and insulting statement to make with absolutely no information to back it up.
Based on how you tell the story.
It's a reasonable scenario for the result and your interpretation of it.
People really ought to read who they are replying to.
Sounds like you were a dick and didn't realize and doubled down...
I realized I was a bit off base. Seems like you took it to heart.
You could have just not typed anything and everything and everyone would have been better off for it.