Admittedly I am not religious, but I never understood how those that are attribute certain things to god. Seems comical to thank god when you win a game but not blame him if you lose the game. And how about your opponent? Does god actually take sides?

This perm ban lasted 2 days. The reddit ban bullshit is really getting out of hand. I’ve made many posts here regarding how their “report” system is totally fucked up. Yet they continue to allow those who spend their days “reporting” posts and comments. The tool admin then site bans you. You make a coherent logical appeal and eventually an Admin who is sane reinstates you. I have never seen or experienced this nonsense with Lemmy. I wish we could get more exposure over at reddit as an easy to deal with alternative. Also - this has been mentioned before, But - would you rather interact with a post that has 40 or 50 comments max like Lemmy or the usual reddit thing of 500 comments which insure that no one will ever read your comment

Agreed and come to grips with the simple reality - if you keep doing the same thing over and over again why would you expect a different outcome. reddit has an overall theme and some keep bumping heads with that theme. Time to move on because YOU are not going to change it. Would you go to an Aquarium expecting to see a zebra?

As a former mod also, here’s what I found. There is a post or comment in your group. It doesn’t violate the rules of reddit. You are not calling for violence. You are not being a jerk to other posters. But what you post does not conform with the narrative that reddit pushes. So a troll that comes to your group goes crazy because there is someone with an opinion that conflicts with theirs. Oh the horror. They “report” the comment or post. An Admin who is probably a jerk since most of them are, is also pissed at “my god” someone with a “bad” opinion sees the report. And now they ban you site wide. So the mods of that group have zero say in it. The ironic part is the Admin clown needs to site a reason in their ban message to the user. And since you haven’t violated the rules they just lie. Their new favorite is “calling for violence”. In the world of reddit, if you have a contrary opinion you are calling for violence.

The way this should work is Admins who see a report should not site wide ban anyone. The Admins should message the GROUP mods and say remove this post or comment and then ban them from your group for 7 days, a month, etc.

I agree with you regarding Lemmy and leaning left. But none of us actually learn anything if we are in the right or left hive mind. And though it would be a long shot to form a group with no labels re “no tribes” it would be interesting if we could do it. Lemmy has far too many “dead” communities already. Posts and comments are 6 months or longer ago. We don’t need an other which is what we would have without upfront support

thanks for the links. I checked. One is really dead. Few posts and many days between them. the other one appears totally slanted to one side.

I initially appealed and was rejected. I just moved onto other social media and spending less time with it in general. But about a month ago there was a discussion in this group regarding the move to free speech initially on X and then on Facebook. There was speculation that reddit would stop being so heavy handed with their bans. So after 2 years I appealed again. Said the required I promise not to break the rules, and the next morning I was up and running again.

Most, but not all, groups on Lemmy actually allow free civilized discussion. And bans on Lemmy are hardly ever permanent. Reddit should learn from Lemmy.

I mentioned it in this group before - was just like you. 10 years. 3Million in Karma. Perm Banned. After 2 years of being banned I appealed and was reinstated.