cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/67756589

So my username on reddit was u/IAmUser1234567 I had 17k+ Karma, i didn’t do anything they just banned my account. Now i guess they have created a digital fingerprint or marked my ip address, because if i create a new account it gets banned almost instantly.

I am loving lemmy(using Voyager on my android phone) so much. Reddit anyways now just contains shity cringe content, it is becoming like insta, I am happy to join lemmy family :)

  • Sarah
    1·
    2 days ago

    Reddit sucks. They seem to automate bans like Threads does? I cant even create an account on Threads without it getting banned instantly.

    Its like these sites dont want users?

    • magnue
      4·
      2 days ago

      My theory is that they are fully aware that the main use of their site now is training data for AI. So their ‘customers’ require very clean content. Things like sarcastically inciting violence are a no-go.

      Doesn’t explain why they haven’t done anything about the bots though.

      • Cybersteel
        5·
        2 days ago

        The bots are there to farm engagement so that it looks good to their investors.

      • TIEPilot
        1·
        2 days ago

        Oh that is me in a nut shell, also pro 1A/2A and loved to call out the BS

        This makes way to much sense, I bet youre dead on.

    • TIEPilot
      2·
      2 days ago

      Bots post what they want for the rest of the sheep to think this is what the masses want/think.

      • Sarah
        3·
        2 days ago

        So bots are allowed but real users get banned? Make it make sense!

        • TIEPilot
          3·
          2 days ago

          What did the user say to upset the algorithm? If you tow the line, get a couple 3/7 day bans for stepping out of line and you cool your speech you are exactly they want on the website.

          If youre like me, no they don’t want someone that can call out the BS and the lies. Older and has seen these games of the media and government playout before and call them out. You catch the B& hammer.

          Carlin said it best:

          Governments don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. That is against their interests. They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept it.

          Reddit is part of that.