This is my first comment from Lemmy. Thanks again to whomever suggested it.

I register on reddit 17 years ago. Before the great migration from digg. I remember /r/programming being the first sub to reach 100k subscribers.

I got banned for saying in the /r/europe sub that russia banning youtube in russia was a good thing because then we in the west would get less russian propaganda. Got banned for a couple days. Left and never looked back.

/r/programming is dead already since around a decade. All the good discussions moved to hackernews and lobsters.

EDIT: never forget that spez admitted to silently edit user comments that criticized him

Warms my heart to see all the ‘new account’ badges in this thread.

Feels like how reddit was when I first used it 12 years ago. Bye bye reddit.

I first saw this news over on Reddit, immediately searched for an alternative. Got home from work and now here I am

“Shithole website continues circling toilet.”

Finally made the permanent switch over to Lemmy. I left a link in the Reddit Safety post so anyone else could convert easily.

It’s an absurd overreach to say the least; good riddance to the corpo-bot platform.

Fuck Trump and Musk. US should get invaded Iraq 2003 style.

If the content is banned how is it being upvoted?

Haha aaaaand that’s how I got here

Reddit really likes it’s exit waves

Conform, citizen.

I’ll have to stop looking at Reddit for real now.

At this point being banned might be a good thing to drive home the point that also my favorite of the old corporate internet platforms should be avoided. I’m doing quite okay on staying away from Meta and have long deleted my Twitter account. I can’t get myself do drop Reddit somehow. Seems like they’re only helping me get off my addiction

Reminds me of back in 2013 when Reddit admins accidentally revealed that Eglin Air Force Base, a location often cited as the source of government social-media propaganda/astroturfing programs, was the most Reddit addicted city in the world.