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Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content (www.theverge.com)

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[–] VisionScout@lemmy.wtf 10 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I register on reddit 17 years ago. Before the great migration from digg. I remember /r/programming being the first sub to reach 100k subscribers.

I got banned for saying in the /r/europe sub that russia banning youtube in russia was a good thing because then we in the west would get less russian propaganda. Got banned for a couple days. Left and never looked back.

/r/programming is dead already since around a decade. All the good discussions moved to hackernews and lobsters.

EDIT: never forget that spez admitted to silently edit user comments that criticized him

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

"Shithole website continues circling toilet."

[–] CazzoneArrapante@lemm.ee 3 points 46 minutes ago

Fuck Trump and Musk. US should get invaded Iraq 2003 style.

[–] ksigley@lemm.ee 67 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

This is my first comment from Lemmy. Thanks again to whomever suggested it.

[–] Crankywithakeyboard@lemm.ee 9 points 1 hour ago

Mine too! They recommended Lemmy on r/redditsafety.

Fuck Reddit.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Welcome. I joined from reddit in 2025, and happy to see more come over since Reddit has become a corporate, bot-filled, propaganda arm for many different groups

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Welcome. I joined 4 months ago and I've already seen a noticeable increase in users. Join some subs and your feed will start filling out nicely and you'll stop thinking about Reddit.

[–] SomethingBlack@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

I first saw this news over on Reddit, immediately searched for an alternative. Got home from work and now here I am

[–] Astra@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck Reddit

[–] freiheitaspasia@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I’m using the voyager app for Lemmy and it’s just like Apollo. It’s amazing.

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Welcome!

[–] cmrn@lemmy.world 27 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Warms my heart to see all the ‘new account’ badges in this thread.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 23 minutes ago

Technically, I'm not new, just recently moved instance, but maybe mine delights you anyway? Assuming it's still there, idk how long it lasts.

[–] Mongolianhamster@lemm.ee 5 points 1 hour ago

Feels like how reddit was when I first used it 12 years ago. Bye bye reddit.

[–] OneBigSpud@lemm.ee 2 points 49 minutes ago

Finally made the permanent switch over to Lemmy. I left a link in the Reddit Safety post so anyone else could convert easily.

It’s an absurd overreach to say the least; good riddance to the corpo-bot platform.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

Reddit really likes it's exit waves

[–] madsjchic@lemm.ee 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Haha aaaaand that’s how I got here

[–] ShadowWalker@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

I suspect this will drive a lot of people over here.

[–] Slax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I mean I think its a good web series. We format it similar to How I Met Your Mother.

Potential seasons Ellen Poa Quarantine Policy The Donald Ban API Changes WSB Mod Policy Changes

And that's how I met Lemmy.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 2 hours ago

Conform, citizen.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

If the content is banned how is it being upvoted?

[–] ShadowWalker@lemmy.world 1 points 15 minutes ago

If it gets posted, then you upvote, and it gets banned later they'll issue a mass warning to everyone that up voted out before the ban.

[–] bluedye@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll have to stop looking at Reddit for real now.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 57 minutes ago

I was checking it periodically to see if I was missing out on anything, but the entire front page is meticulously curated propaganda & ads now. The manipulation is especially obvious because they rarely even update it now. You’ll see the same shit stuck on popular for days.

But I’m not complaining. It canceled out any FOMO I might’ve had.

I don’t expect this ban hammer will help in their next earnings call.

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

At this point being banned might be a good thing to drive home the point that also my favorite of the old corporate internet platforms should be avoided. I'm doing quite okay on staying away from Meta and have long deleted my Twitter account. I can't get myself do drop Reddit somehow. Seems like they're only helping me get off my addiction

[–] nunolc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 48 minutes ago

I'm on the exact same boat, hopefully this will inspire us and others.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

Delete all your comments and posts while you still can. Don't let them profit off you.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

My link for this was deleted. Huh. I didn't see this earier.

Anyways I think this is a dangerous chilling effect and reddit has a terrible track record for not using this as intended, so I can only expect Reddit Admins to use this beyond warning, I expect bans and this used in warrants/NSLs quickly.

Stop using reddit, stop going to reddit. And bring everyone you can to Lemmy. I want to be able to cut out my city subreddits like /r/Denver like a clean shit.

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[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 34 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

Reminds me of back in 2013 when Reddit admins accidentally revealed that Eglin Air Force Base, a location often cited as the source of government social-media propaganda/astroturfing programs, was the most Reddit addicted city in the world.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

To be fair, every Air Force base had higher than average Reddit usage back in the day. It was one of the few websites not blocked by default. I don't know when that changed, Because I was out before then.

But yes, there are also the propaganda teams.

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[–] Someone8765210932@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

So, stop upvoting those luigi memes. How sad

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