This is true of many reddit alternatives unfortunately. A large portion of the first-wave are going to include a lot people banned from everywhere else.
In fairness, the biggest single wave of new users here game from the Reddit API change killing 3rd party apps two years ago. Though unsure how many stuck around from then, but at least there was a large group of people coming here voluntarily rather than ban evading.
Still here! Have never been banned, not so much as received a warning from anywhere. I’m sure there’s a silent majority of us who look at some the toxicity on here like 👀
That was the first big wave, but lemmy was already somewhat active. Previously lemmy was used by the tankies. Hexbear also existed before the api migration, their sub was banned from reddit previously.
I used to have an account on raddle, a similar alternative, the 2 biggest sub there were about anarchism and shoplifting.
This is true of many reddit alternatives unfortunately. A large portion of the first-wave are going to include a lot people banned from everywhere else.
In fairness, the biggest single wave of new users here game from the Reddit API change killing 3rd party apps two years ago. Though unsure how many stuck around from then, but at least there was a large group of people coming here voluntarily rather than ban evading.
yup, don’t need to be banned by reddit (although I’m sure I would have been by now), just have to have some goddamned principles.
I’m still here, three accounts deep now.
I’m in that group, so there’s at least 1 that stuck around
Still here! Have never been banned, not so much as received a warning from anywhere. I’m sure there’s a silent majority of us who look at some the toxicity on here like 👀
Yeah I was speaking generally, not specifically to the Fediverse. I don’t really observe it as uniquely worse than Reddit at all.
I tried two reddit alternatives before I came to the Fediverse, and unfortunately there were amongst the intake - a lot of maladaptives.
That was the first big wave, but lemmy was already somewhat active. Previously lemmy was used by the tankies. Hexbear also existed before the api migration, their sub was banned from reddit previously.
I used to have an account on raddle, a similar alternative, the 2 biggest sub there were about anarchism and shoplifting.
Didn’t they originate from r/ChapoTrapHouse? They got banned multiple times, much like r/T_D