this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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Bye Reddit

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I just got a ban for "encouraging violence". Someone asked "what will you do to celebrate when he dies?" Someone else started talking about how they have a fantasy about getting the death note and how they'd put that to use. I chimed in with my silly fantasy of using a seance to end politicians' careers by getting them possessed by the ghost of GG Allin, and enjoying the mayhem that would ensue.

So, anyway, right after that, I found out that all the people who were so transgressive to have actually liked that comment of mine can, as of a couple days ago, expect punishment as well. How draconian.

And so that was that. No sense in being lorded over on the internet by the same people who run HOAs. It'll be fun watching Reddit flush itself down the toilet from over here, I expect.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm starting to feel left out that I never got banned. Still not going back though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I don't think I nuked my account when I left... I kinda want to log in & see if I got banned yet for stuff posted/up voted over a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welcome my son. You may proceed unto the Fediverse with Saint Luigi's blessing.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

We are small, but Lemmy is something that no business can take away. I have faith. Been here for a while and happy to see new faces.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

I have to say, that is one hilariously fantastic way to wish ill on a group of people.

Welcome to Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ive seen the same thing reported on Lemmy.

Moderators need to be careful to not fall into the same trap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Some home countries that host many of the instances on lemmy have pretty rigid rules for what constitutes promoting violence. Many of the mods/admins are just doing what they can to ensure the lights stay on by removing posts/comments that violate these rules.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

Would be nice with a list of that somewhere so users can choose what kind of moderation culture/country laws fits their own personality.

Some users definently wants to be protected from content they dont like, but some feel equally strongly they they can handle it without a internet daddy.

Its a bit like how rich people use swiss banks to get to keep their money, since they dont agree that the country they are born in should take a large cut of their profits.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Well, an unpaid job that involves exercising power over others is always going to attract insufferable, self-important people. It's why I say they're the same people who run HOAs. Just petty little power trippers. I mean, if it ever gets bad, one can always start one's own instance, make competing subs, and make them off limits to the offending mods. Odds are good they'd be driving the members away as it is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

GG Allin possession is a great note to leave on, congrats!

I just wanted something different so I came here. Also trying to fedi my fun and leave old services that have been enshittified.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ugh. Another goddamn September.

(Big /s. I'm happy people are leaving the pigboy.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Welcome! We've got memes on deck at [email protected] and if you're a programmer of some kinds we got [email protected] to scratch that itch and be sure to drop a shit(post) off at [email protected] or if you want SCIENCE and memes head over to the wonderful [email protected] or if you just want regular SCIENCE mander.xyz is full of sciency comms like [email protected] and [email protected] . [email protected] is also nice this time of year, but you'll have to post before you can leave.

We have Tankies here too, but here they're mostly on the Tankie Triad lemmy.ml, lemmygrad and hexbear. On .world instance you only have to worry about .ml, but on Lemmy you can do a personal instance wide block if you'd rather just not deal with them

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Hehe, I actually joined my instance in no small part due to it already having taken anti tankie countermeasures. Don't need those people buzzing around like horseflies, I had a tankie father and my patience for that shit is basically zero.

Thanks for the recommends, neighbor!

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