Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.
gameplayer55055@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hello everyone. You’re not alone. I got banned like for 4-5 times, using local Ukrainian words that may look like slurs, but they aren’t.
I got unbanned, but I am still too scared to write anything about politics on Reddit. I want a working account there for IT questions.
astro_plane@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Make another account then. I have a shit posting account for ming comments I know will be dicey. Reddit mods are fat slobs don’t let them stop you from living your dreams.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
they will detect your alternate account through fingerprinting you
it’s where I am currently, unable to use any of my 100% wholesome and positively contributing accounts because I shared the opinion of “Oh no, anyways” on a burning Tesla dealership post, got banned from world news with no explanation, asked for elaboration and did not receive it, and then continued to post in that sub with another account.
did I ban evade? yes. did I first attempt to find out why I was banned? yes. was I ignored and thus continued to participate with other accounts, being careful to say nothing even close to provocative with those accounts? yes.
didn’t matter. they identified it as the same account, they banned it.
ameancow@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve been treated the same way, lost about 7 accounts each over 12 years old because some mod didn’t like me telling off an incel and from sent it to admins there it’s been repeated bans and shadowbans.
I am done with reddit, I’ve seen behind the curtain in my time there, I know how bad it really is. The whole platform is now an AI training-bed and in some communities more than half the users appear to be bots. Very clever, very well-disguised, but you can tell if you check their history.
But if anyone wants to try to keep fighting the bot army, you can create a new account by deleting all your reddit cookies and browsing history, resetting your modem for a minute, then making a new account with a new email. (Use Gmail or another name-brand on, they now shadowban accounts made from disposable emails.)
Also, do not use a VPN ever. Instant permanent shadowban.
From there you just need to establish some karma history so you can post. Memes and other content-grind subreddits let even new accounts last I checked.
If you don’t want your account banned immediately, do not make political opinions, do not argue with anyone, do not sass reddit even through they deserve far worse. Don’t reply to yourself or your alt accounts, they can now tell immediately. Do not report anyone, they now will use reporting as an excuse to ban you if they decide they don’t like you.
WhiteBurrito@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just found out about this too, but on Samsung phones you can install an app on the “secure folder” and that’s basically another device ID so even if you install the app there it doesn’t ban you.
Recently changed my phone, and while my new phone is completely reddit free, I tried this “secure folder” thing on my old phone(installed the official app via apk but patched to remove ads) that already was banned with a completely new account and so far it’s working well, I’ve left a few comments and such and haven’t been shadowbanned.
Now I’ll probably won’t post or do much on it anyways, I’m committing to use it less and less, but I can’t really confidently say that Lemmy fills out all communities as Reddit does
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 1 day ago
This is too much effort. I’ll wait and see if the Digg reboot is worth using.
sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Use a different email and a different browser. Turn off IP tracking in settings. You may even need to use a VPN.
ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
or, yaknow… just fuggen leave that shitshow and be free right here
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Reddit mods are fat slobs who can be easily duped, but Reddit algorithims will autoban you for making new accounts.
I’m basically exiled from it until I decide to get a new device and sign in on a new network other than my home or my work.
Monstrosity@lemm.ee 1 day ago
My solution is to browse subreddits without signing in so whenever I go to up vote or down vote anything I can’t and think, “oh right,” then go back to Lemmy (which is quickly becoming a higher quality experience anyways).
gameplayer55055@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Luckily, I’ve never had issues with reddit mods, but I received a f*ck ton of global bans on r/reddit_ukr (getting carpet bombed by russian bots and the half of the comments are [deleted])
It’s the time to discover the fediverse ig. Btw any ideas where I can dump a ton of random IT memes?
astro_plane@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I guess my advice wasn’t anygood, hardware bans and ip can go in effect if you get banned. I love Lemmy, but this community is still a young, subs for a lot of niche hobbies and shit posting dont really exist…yet. I use voyager and kept scrolling through the reconmended sub’s list until I found something I was looking for. The search feature is hit or miss.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I haven’t really checked this site out in a long time, but I found it helpful in the past: lemmyverse.net/communities
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think it’s something like i7t12 ie /c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt but it could be just something that looks like that
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 1 day ago
There’s a shitpost area.
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 day ago
they keep banning any other accounts I made there over being linked with the first one. I have tried unique email addresses and everything but they still figure it out within 24 hours, even when I 'm not allowed to post anything. So I just dont use reddit at all anymore.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
you probably need to use a new device and on a network you havent frequently used. Unique email addresses dont mean anything if you’re logging in with the same browser with the same cookies and “digital footprint”
ameancow@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Burn all your tracking cookies associated with reddit, kill all your browsing history, then reset your router for a minute, then use a fresh e-mail and not a disposable one. Using a VPN will also get you insta-flagged.