I posted this yesterday:
And apparently this warrants a instant permaban.
They don’t even tell you what rule it breaks. Which one do you think it might break?
In any case, every time I visit Reddit and look at my local subs (Montréal, Québec or Canada) I look at the comments and they’re absolutely vile. The community has become so fucking toxic it’s unbearable. And I also realized how my mental health actually improved since I left that community.
They can keep the permaban. I don’t give a shit anymore. I’m so over that god forsaken place.
Peace out.
Quick update:
I contancted the mods and apparently I was permabanned for spamming and they immediately muted me so I wouldn’t be able to message the mods any further. I can understand that it can be considered spamming, but I feel they’re being extremely harsh over this. They really have no chill.
I’ve seen a few posts today from people complaining about being banned for promoting Lemmy.
Imo, the way to promote Lemmy isn’t by spamming “JOIN LEMMY”, but rather by meaningfully engaging in the community, and looking for ways to naturally bring up the positive points of this platform.
Like, if I saw a bunch of straight up ads for Lemmy (like this), I wouldn’t be here now. I joined because people were having actual, real conversations and recommending Lemmy as an alternative to Reddit. That’s what we need to “advertise”: Good, engaging conversations.
That’s a good point. Maybe I could’ve simply stated a discussion about my experience in the fediverse instead.