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Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.

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.

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FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is too much effort. I’ll wait and see if the Digg reboot is worth using.

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- ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  At this point, I think the better alternative is to just say NO! to content aggregators and like… take walks instead.
  
  Seriously, I changed my daily hour-long lunch break from browsing the internet to walking outside and it’s done so much good, and I miss being connected to the world less and less. I am using all the sites less, even Lemmy and Youtube get less enjoyable when you get your brain focused on other goals.
  
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- AugustWest@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It won’t be. It can’t be. It will have to monetize, then it will have to restrict, and you end up with the same problems Reddit has.
  
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  - FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I was watching a “Town Hall” sort of thing on YouTube with the founders behind the reboot. They seem like the sort of people who are too rich not to be detached from the perspectives of the common person. So I think you’re probably right.
    
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- WhiteBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That one looks fun too, hopefully they can end the monopoly Reddit has
  
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WhiteBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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- ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s good to know, if I ever really, really need to throw shade at some comment I see on Reddit i’ll give that a shot… but honestly, I’m also mostly clean and free from “using” and probably will avoid it so I don’t backslide into that fetid mess. I find I don’t miss it that much anymore and have become a LOT more productive without having those comment sections to scroll every day and every lunch break.
  
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  - WhiteBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah me too. Honestly I like knowing that I CAN use it if needed, specially if there’s an obscure IT question I might need help with. But having it on a whole other phone let’s me not want to use it because it would mean having a whole other device to take care of battery and ughh you lost me there , so that’s my compromise, I keep it on my desk turned off until needed
    
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    ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Honestly I like knowing that I CAN use it if needed
    
    I love how reddit’s social section is now regarded the same way as a product like condoms or guns or narcan.
    
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- toadjones79@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  How do you patch to remove ads?
  
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  - WhiteBurrito@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Get the apk from apk mirror and then patch it using ReVanced manager
    
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    toadjones79@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I recognize this as English.
    
    I’ll have to look into everything you said here. I may be old, but I’m always game to learn new tricks. Thanks.
    
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