Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.
gerowen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I tried to like Reddit but every time I tried posting something I thought was original or thoughtful it would get auto deleted by a bot for not including the right “flair” or some other stupid shit.
original or thoughtful
That’s the problem, the powers that b have deemed it necessary that we only have 1 of 2 ideas.
Either you’re loyal to conservatives, or loyal to neo-liberals. Anything else is cause for a ban, and there will be no cavalry to defend you since you’re not loyal to either side.
I came from TikTok about 2 years ago and after some initial adjustments I found the experience quite liberating in comparison. But yeah there are a lot of rules that you only find out about by getting deleted or downvoted. Lemmy is quite literally the essence of what makes Reddit interesting without the weird bs so this is an overdue transition anyway (although I miss optional user flairs ngl).
Lemmy is just small enough at this point where mods don’t have to rely on automated tools and things like required flairs to effectively manage their community. As it develops, things like required flairs, verified submissions, etc will become more normal.
For example, I’m watching Wheel of Time, and /r/WoT requires you to flair every submission with a spoiler level (books only, show and book, show only, etc). Lemmy can’t really sustain good discussion on that yet, but when it does mods will need to start aggressively removing submissions if they’re not properly categorized.
Because you didn’t read and respect the rules
Oh I did and even contacted moderators a few times to try to have posts reinstated after they were insta-banned by a bot. I just got tired of fighting with it every time I wanted to participate.
Oh yea that happens
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Posting in r/showerthoughts was impossible.
Questions about dark matter removed from r/space
Lots more like that.
gerowen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Showerthoughts was one I tried. I don’t remember specifics but I tried a couple times to post actual thoughts I had in the shower and they got insta-banned by a bot so I just gave up.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Showerthoughts is a large sub so it’s regulated.