Here it's Russia-China-loving Marxist Leninists you gotta watch out for ;-;
Yep, my first account was made on the wrong instance and I was like “wtf is wrong with everyone here? Like I get corporations fuckin’ suck, but communism???”
They’re also HUGE babies and will claim -ism, -phobia, etc. by stretching the littlest thing.
I almost made my first account on Lemmygrad because I love puns and didn't know that they were ACTUAL tankies.
Thankfully, I found out in time and made my first one on the also politically sus but in a different way .world 😄
Could have been worse, such as explodingheads, or its less funny named successor.
I mean, that's reddit we're talking about
Unfortunately transphobia and homophobia persist here too. Maybe less visibly than reddit at least.
The differense in the Fediverse is that absolutely no instance admin here needs to show "user number up" to some owner. On the contrary, it costs actual money to run the instances so there's an actual incentive to just throw out bad actors as soon as they're identified.
Reddit isn't close to free speech in any way. Far-right admins and owners disrupt anything but the most bland discourse, and ban people for stupid, and silly reasons.
Social media comes and goes, and reddit is fucking GONE. It became a stock traded corporation, and instantly lost all credibility. It's just another billionaire owned media at this point.
You might as well post on full nazi x.com, then wonder why you get banned when you speak out for LGBTQ rights.
Yeah, this is better. Not perfect, but better than bluesky for the same reasons.
I don't want you to commit suicide. I want you to be happy, educated, and productive without nazis or religious jerks bothering you for any reason.
Congrats on the IP ban, those are usually reserved for serious offenders. Take it as a badge of honor, honestly.
I got banned a couple years ago for the same thing.
Moderators can report reports as ‘abusive’, and Reddit basically accepts their word without bothering to actually check anything.
Naturally, certain groups have been exploiting the fuck out of this situation to silence opposing viewpoints.
You could appeal the ban, but most likely Reddit won’t read it and you’ll get an automated response.
As for the repeat ban, you’re running into Reddit’s ban evasion features. They use IP address and browser fingerprinting to track you, even when logged out. Easily defeated, with a little effort - assuming you want to.
Moderators can report reports as ‘abusive’, and Reddit basically accepts their word without bothering to actually check anything.
This. They want to keep the useful idiots that are doing their bidding for free on board. Thus encouraging megalomania and overzealousness btw.
The few mods who were better than that have left long ago.
Don't be shy with the details. Which subs were involved, and which user.
I tried making another account and was instantly banned.
Reddit does not like ban evasion, and they have the means to check.
The accounts of other people in my household have also been permanently banned, which is the most confusing part of all of it.
So an IP ban more or less, and that is more draconian than I remember.
Glad you saw the darkness and turn toward the light though!
Must have been an admin that got reported
I don’t see any other way. If OP is telling the truth, reddit nuking their whole household after 1 report sounds like and admin/supermod who got their fee-fees hurt.
Can someone (privately if need be) tell me what the slur is? I'm losing my mind coming up with rhyming words for that that have historical offense and I'm coming up short (and I'm american, so the word may not even culturally exist here)
Yeah it’s a slur from 4chan that combines transvestite and goon into troon.
I am ignorant of how strict the language filters are so I’ll let the gods decide my fate.
Thank you so much. The first part, yikes. But goon? These dudes aren't even trying to be funny. I must be well and away from 4-chan entirely for me to have not seen that yet
Thanks, hadn't heard that one before. Good to know, (without context at least) I'd definitely wouldn't have recognised it as a slur. Doesn't help that 'troon' happens to be the Dutch word for 'throne'. 😋
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