Just wondering what brought everyone here.
Background: I was banned from Reddit for questioning the system and feel that true leftist ideologies on Reddit are severely censored (despite being considered one of the few last leftist social media platforms). I think the left needs more tech literacy and I hope the Fediverse is the future.
So, I am wondering what made folks curious about alternative options?
They also banned my wife and my downstairs roommate. I assume for being on the same wifi? Or ip address? Or something? Idk they were mad but I like to think I helped them in a way.
Oh yes nobody has mentioned this aspect yet! Reddit can and will ban all connected accounts because of a perceived breach of the rules on one account.
Makes sense since their shit hole servers only support IPv4. You were all probably NAT’d to the same IPv4 address.
I don’t know computers, but sure. I bet you’re right.
We moved away since then and my wife made a new account that hasn’t been banned. I considered trying it but I’ve been rebanned almost immediately when I tried before on the last one and I worry if I try again they’ll ban me and everyone on my wifi again.
The simple explanation is that on IPv4 it’s 99% probable that it’s the case that everyone on your home network appears as the same IP address on the internet. With IPv6 it’s possible but highly discouraged, each device would have its own IPv6 address (though it might still be obvious they’re related).
So yeah, it really does seem like they’re hating on your home network.