thanks. That article was a great read.

thanks for the reply. Now I understand the spez reference. Funny user name. Wonder how he came up with that

this place is still so small and the culture here seems overwhelmingly more judgmental then what I’m usually used to I have to agree. People originally came to Lemmy for some “fresh air”. How about discussions without having to call anyone that disagrees with you an “asshole”? I really wanted Lemmy to take off but in my opinion it turned off many as Lemmy turned into a belief narrative. If you don’t 100% toe the line of the narrative you are condemned. And piled on by many others who also believe anyone with an opinion different than theirs’s has to be “eradicated.” I tried starting groups and participating in groups that dealt with interests that would avoid all the bullshit name calling. And most of them got zero traction, and slowly died to zero participation. I still enjoy coming here and participating in some of the groups. I also prefer interacting with smaller numbers of users than the thousands in many reddit groups.

Ironically my point will be made by this comment being downvoted. And also rather than posted “replies” having a civil conversation about the issue, there will be you are an “asshole” comments

I thought that was funny too

99% of the time I look at reddit, if at all, with a PC. You can clearly see posts that are marked “promoted”. I have never clicked on any of them and don’t understand why anyone would.

I read through this thinking many people don’t understand how “flair” works on reddit. If you want to have a fair discussion about r/conservative you need to be able to agree that overall reddit leans Left. I say this as a NON conservative myself. Most all political groups on reddit on the conservative side have a flair policy. You read the group rules and it will clearly state that they will only grant you flair if you are a conservative. Mods will go through your posting history and check you out. If you are a deemed a conservative you are granted flair. This is not a place to argue with conservatives. It’s for conservatives to talk among themselves and they don’t always agree with each other. REGARDING BANS - If you are not “flaired” the auto mod will reject your post or comment. So the only way you could possibly get banned is if a r/conservative mod actually took the time to go through all the removed posts and comments from the non flaired users. And if that mod saw a comment or post that you made that attacked conservatives they could ban you. But I think it unlikely that any mod is going to go through all the rejected posts and comments.

Having successfully done this here’s how it works. I used a VPN that was part of my antivirus subscription. It came with it without additional charge. This antivirus sub also comes with their own browser which I had never used before. If you are using a browser that you had previously used for reddit - make sure you have deleted all reddit cookies, make sure you have deleted any reddit browser extensions. And make sure you have deleted all reddit passwords that may be saved by that browser. Use an email for confirmation that you have never used before for reddit. This works, but if you ever try to access reddit via your phone or without using the VPN you will be banned for ban evasion.

Don’t really understand it. Someone is a member of a bird watching group. But they also love to post nude pictures of themselves in a NSFW group. So… only those in the NSFW group can see their posts…BUT the mods of the bird watching group can also still see them.

I understand a group mod controlling a specific group. If it’s the golf group you really don’t want people posting anti golf stuff. What I don’t understand is some general group like “news” and mods ban you because they don’t LIKE factual news articles that you post.

It may have general acceptance but you can’t be a fascist unless you have absolute control over your country. And so far at least, our country still has enough checks and balances to prevent that.

A literal fascist is hitler or mussolini. Using that term for anyone else is your opinion. “unless there was an assassin willing to shoot through a toddler” - come on you really didn’t think they would ban you for that? Big red flag just using the work “assassin”. I am not defending reddit . I have been perm banned 3 time. And always reinstated. But the last time perm ban lasted 2 years before they reinstated me. Let’s just say I know all the “third rails” at reddit. If you touch them you have to expect to get banned. I occasionally use it but now I really have to consider anything that I might post before I do it. It’s not about what you want to post or comment, now it’s about what they will allow.

My account is 12 years old and I totally agree that things have changed regarding what is tolerated. Years ago it was common place to see threads of users going after each other calling each other “a fucking asshole” and worse.

I am not saying this applies to you but many times someone will say I was banned for saying “mean things” but what they really mean is they called for violence or death of a public figure or another reddit user. Anyone who does that is immediately perm banned. And you can’t back track it and say “I really didn’t mean it”. Add to that calling someone a fascist and you are gone. The list is long but the basics are never call for violence and you can disagree with someone but you can’t call them a “name” while doing it.

Cookies are just one thing that can linger. I’ve also seen people not delete a reddit extension in their browser which also immediately identifies you

I was just curious if there is a period of time that passes before their system basically purges “banned” IP’s. They can’t possibly have specific IP’s that are forever banned

THIS is a key point that most don’t understand. There are some auto mod filters that will automatically block your post or comment, but it doesn’t result in a ban. Site wide bans happen because of “reports” which draws the attention of Admins

Look out for the reddit “kill” cookie that will linger in your browser

You are correct about “pre-emptive obedience.” Reddit’s auto mod removes many more posts now automatically. If you go to the moderator queue it will show all “removed” posts and comments. It will tell you what rule/s were violated. Sometimes it even suggests that you ban the user from your group. You can over rule the “removal” but if you do you risk reddit just banning the whole group mods and all.

Well yes VPN is used many times to evade bans. I went for over a year with a new account using a VPN. Then one day I forgot to turn it on. Next morning this new account that I created and that worked for over a year was banned.

It seems that Admins do reviews of temp bans if you violate the most watched stuff you will be perm banned. The top reasons to get banned are violence, anything trans related that contradicts the reddit view of trans stuff, or incivility. Like name calling. Example would be you make a comment to OP or another user - “well you’re a fucking asshole”.