Unfederated news thread? Unfederated reddit? *i then struggle to explain reddit

Is it social media? Is it a forum?

I live around more tractors than people for context of my audience. I can explain what unfederated aspect is no problem but i sould like my grandpa describing facebook to his older siblings when i try to explain what a lemmy or reddit style forum is to my peers and family.

    • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      i was ‘perma banned’ multiple times. IP bans even, and they kept unbanning me so they could sell me IPO stocks.

      It’s a joke of a site now. most of my old communities imploded anyway, or got locked down to mod-only approved posting, which meant they became echo chambers of the mods beliefs only.

      • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
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        39 minutes ago

        I hated running into the “hidden” rules for communities by mods. You cant say certain words in certain communities as that would get you shadow-banned (you cant say meshcore in the meshtastic subreddit for instance).

        And then reddit giving notices for up-voting certain content it does not want others to see .

        They want conversions one way only. And supermods that have hundreds of subreddits under them like its a full time job…

        Im glad im here.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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        1 hour ago

        I only started catching bans within the past two years. What were you saying that kept getting you into trouble?

        Either Reddit got significantly worse, or, my going paranoia: you become the target of political operatives (Zionists, in my case) who mercilessly report anything vaguely actionable until you leave. I just saw the light on Israel a short time before I began catching bans and warnings, but could just be a coincidence.

        • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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          1 hour ago

          posting pictures of my cat and being reported for inciting violence. because he was outdoors in the picture and all outdoor cats are mass murderers, according to the Very Smart folks who use reddit.