I know Reddit now has a stupid rule or policy about new accounts posting or commenting. They punish new users for just trying to have a conversation. Why does Reddit hate privacy? Is it just in the system trying to filter out bots? Well, it is doing a shitty job since bots are still a high percentage there. Reddit banned me, even when I was on the new user friendly subs. I tried with multiple locations with a VPN too. This has to make people go to other platforms. Like I did, I moved here.

  • 6_Electrons@lemmy.world
    8·
    11 hours ago

    Same… Banned my account of nearly 20 years. Still to this day no reason or email why. Then every account I made was banned presumably because I used alias emails on a VPN.

    So I find myself here.

    • slickgoat@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 hours ago

      Me too. 14 year account and it never bothered me much because it’s like being banned from a dumpster fire.

      I’m wondering how driving out users will assist their bottom line? Particularly those of us who were providing content that they can sell. 90% of Reddit accounts are bots and lurkers.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Those 10+ year old accounts like yours and mine are the people who BUILT Reddit, back when nobody had heard of it. Now they’ve kicked us out, but they let the bots roam free, because they don’t criticize MAGA.