I can’t get rid of it, it’s obnoxious. I’ve tried filtering the element with my adblocker but it keeps reappearing. As much as I find Reddit useful (unfortunately), especially for information and discussion relating to my country, I will never install their proprietary garbage app on my phone just to use their website.

Oh well. I’ve used the Internet before Reddit existed, I’m sure I can get used to doing so again.

  • Aerosolcb@lemmy.world
    1·
    47 minutes ago

    I left because I got banned twice. One for three days for telling a story about my trainer Mark (whos name I changed) and how I didnt like him. 3 day ban for inciting violence. A week later, I was commenting on a post about someone saying getting punched in the face turned out to be a good thing for him. I replied, “Yeah man, a punch to the mouth can be great for behavior correction.” Banned for 7 days.

    It is important to mention that I was banned the literal second I hit post. No human saw my posts. Both times, I was autobanned by the AI moderators. It just disgusted me, so I deleted my account. I had that account since 2011, too.

    One problem I had with Reddit is that the world is falling apart, and every post about serious shit always has people thinking they are hilarious. American missile blows up a school, “Guess the US found oil under that school huehuehuehue” It got so annoying.

    TLDR: AI Moderation is getting super strict to prepare for their IPO, all the posts felt like bots anyways.

    • Alkali@lemmy.ml
      1·
      8 minutes ago

      Clicking on posts can switch back to the www version though. I’m honestly over it.

  • Ferroto@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 hours ago

    I usually don’t browse the web on my phone but for me it was when I got a reddit warning for wishing that someone would put something extra in Putin’s tea.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
      2·
      11 hours ago

      Red Reader Dev said they were considering making the app work for Lemmy back before they got an accessibility exemption.

      I kinda wish they didn’t get that exemption. It would be the best Lemmy app available.

  • Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    38·
    1 day ago

    I’m a former redditor as well, a few years back. Lemmy is a very nice place. It’s like Reddit back before Reddit went to shit (~15 years ago).

    This year, we’ve had a big influx from Reddit. This is great that people are finally abandoning ship.

    I’m pleading with you that are new here…please don’t bring the nastiness here. Start afresh!

    I say that because I’ve noticed a sharp increase of shitty attitudes all of the sudden. It’s a direct correlation with the new influx of redditors. I had someone, just two days ago, accuse me of acting like an r/atheist whatever-the-fuck. He was trying to insult me because I disagreed with his view on something.

    It doesn’t matter if we agree or disagree…respect and latitude is what makes Lemmy a great place. Let’s not turn this platform into Reddit 2.0 ❤️

    • Today@lemmy.world
      14·
      22 hours ago

      When i first came to lemmy i was defensive and grouchy. Took a bit to recognize how different it is here.

      • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        22 hours ago

        Keep a hopeful heart, but use the block function liberally.

        It’s one of the things few people know exists, and it will make your life much more sane. In fact, people have been here for several years know that there’s a small cadre of toxic users, and once you accidentally catch them in your block net, things calm down here for you.

        Don’t block people out of anger, just ask yourself if this person is the type of individual who’s going to contribute to my life in any way? If they anger you are frustrate you, just block them. We don’t know each other, or we’re all just faceless humans here.

  • com@mander.xyz
    53·
    1 day ago

    That’s exactly what drove me over here a few days ago. After they locked the API up and boost stopped working I was just browsing the website occasionally. Lemmy is cool so far, just running into a worrying amount of pro-Russian propaganda mental gymnastics. And of course not as many speciality subs yet. I wanna chat about project cars but the largest car community here are those fuckcars loons. Not fun people to be around.

    • edible_funk@lemmy.world
      1·
      54 minutes ago

      Yeah block the ml instance and any users and it gets better. There’s a couple other propaganda instances but ml is the worst.

      • Astrealix@lemmy.world
        37·
        1 day ago

        commies aren’t even the issue it’s the tankies. definitely a lot more leftist presence on lemmy than average (though that’s true for the internet as well I feel) but most of them aren’t just whiplashing straight over to bootlicking the anti-western dictators instead.

        • funksoulkitchen@lemmy.zip
          1·
          1 hour ago

          So you don’t think life is so much better in N. Korea than South like memes say?

          Those guys are a strange phenomenon and I get why people block them but it’s also fascinating as like a performative art or something.

          I’m probably further left than almost everyone I know IRL, but never seen people go that hard into it. It’s wild.

          I’ve met people who were like the lite version of them, but maybe they just don’t say it to me but do on Lemmy.

          • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 hour ago

            No North Korea is an authoritarian regime that doesn’t even claim to be communist anymore.

            Sadly I’m involved in American left politics which means I have met freaks that think China is better than the US, and would defend the USSR, I’m not quite sure if they’d defend "DP"RK, but frankly they are annoying so I have as little to do with them as possible.

            I’ve met people who were like the lite version of them, but maybe they just don’t say it to me but do on Lemmy.

            Yeah there is a lot of keyboard warrioring involved, much like white nationalists, get them out from their basement and they’ll try and act normal though.

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
      20·
      1 day ago

      Like the other person said, your Lemmy experience will be a lot better once you block the tankie instances, but I hear you regarding the lack of niche communities. I want to talk about cars too, but unfortunately the “fuck cars” crowd far outnumbers us and they are everywhere on Lemmy. I can’t help that I enjoy driving; chill out, people!

    • Watermark710@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      Once you build up a decent block list, this place gets much better. I just wish there was more activity. It sucks to see a thing I’d like to discuss, and seeing 0 comments on the post.

        • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Only if necessary, some of those babies are still annoying AF.

          I block about 150 accounts and 15 communities.

          Only one of by blocked accounts still regularly comments on my stuff, (it shows up as an empty comment with no name) I’m still ignoring whoever in the hell it was.

    • AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world
      1·
      23 hours ago

      Start a community…what kind of cars you into?

      Reddit was the bomb if I had an issue with a car and I needed to chat with 50 people that already solved the same issue on a model specific sub. Can’t do that here

  • EpicFailGuy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    21 hours ago

    took you long enough XD, IDK of anyone has already told you but there’s a tool to migrate all your subreddits to similar communities, and a script to overwrite all your comments for privacy’s sake.

    There’s also a great community finder tool you should check out, on this side any lemmy instance can sub to any community on any other lemmy instance so you may want to subscrive to several communities with the same theme in more than one instance.

    This is one of them

    https://lemmyverse.net/communities

    This is another: https://sub.rehab/

    • Virtvirt588@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 hours ago

      Thats actually so useful. Such community finder tools should be more widely known, as I think this aspect can be one of the more challenging things on fedi.

  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    1 day ago

    Welcome.

    Isn’t it amazing how Reddit was this beautiful community, genuinely useful and welcoming to millions, and now it’s being thrown away, soiled, emptied out, on the pathetic whims of some selfish billionaire owner?

    • tea@lemmy.today
      5·
      22 hours ago

      It’s just how capitalism do. Enjoy free VC services while they last, but do not get attached to them. They will, invariably, enshittify.

      Private companies with good leadership can last for a bit but eventually slide as well. Companies do not have moral stances and only will hold moral policies as long as they have moral leadership or they fear user backlash. Money and profits are too great an incentive.

      Reddit was big enough that it wasn’t worried about user backlash. I’m enjoying Steam for now, but there will come a day that it will too become a pariah, mark my words.