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Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit (piunikaweb.com)
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Paul McCartney’s official Reddit account seems to have been banned. The account, u/paulmccartney, had just dropped a set of photos and videos from the first night of his shows at the Fonda Theatre. It went straight into the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit. Then, not long after, the whole thing disappeared.

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[-] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Looks like the account is reinstated. Good to know that's how to reach human support there: be Literally Paul McCartney.

The posts are gone, though. I hope this was the decision of McCartney or his team. Reddit doesn't deserve him.

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[-] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

How does that biowaste bin fire still have users who can read and write?

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Reddit has a lot of established local community subreddits, and when you are that established, its hard to give up.

Disclaimer: I was just banned on a second account after being found out for my first ban (I said some things with, well, lets say "high praxis") and I am not happy about it.

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

I was banned for prohibited content on my “other accounts.”

I only have one account. (Appeal was denied, and I suspect the entire operation was done by bots. It literally said, “go look at your other accounts to see what you did wrong.”)

Meanwhile, another user over there is advocating violence against a very well known public figure (I'm sure you can guess what and who), and the comment is still up and the poster is not banned. -throws up hands-

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'm guessing this public figure is someone with...questionable involvement in current affairs, or is not aligned with Conservative interests?

Yep checks out.

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