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One of the absolute best features of lemmy is that everyone is simply allowed to post. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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automod filters made reddit an absolute nightmare. pouring my heart out on the depression sub and getting it removed because it didn't have 300 characters or it was image post saturday or god knows what. you basically just don't get to post on any sizable sub

before it was at least a lottery! post, see if people will like it! but now you can't even get a post through!

there are 50 automod filters on everything, forbidden words or topics, perfectly good questions cast away to megathreads no one reads!

it's a dire, awful landscape, and really terrible user experience, having something on your chest and wanting to post, but oh hey this won't be posted until our 'mod team' 'reviews' it. isn't that what voting is for? please stop treating me like a spambot or troll by default!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just made new accounts constantly on Reddit because they'd ban you for basically nothing from a ton of the major subreddits. Aquire a few bans, nuke account and start over was how I interacted with the platform recently.

I had my original account for years before I got a single ban. I think the moderation teams just got overtaxed and started throwing down the ban hammer for about anything. Plenty of bans just for saying something whoever reviewed it didn't agree with. Have to love enforcing an echo chamber and killing all discussion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same, which also meant I was unable to participate in many places because of ridiculous karma requirements.