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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's a browser extension called uBlacklist, I use it to block all the main social media sites and anyone else who annoys me.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Reddit is banning everyone

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    This business of Reddit posts/comments coming up in search is very troubling; a while ago, I was searching for some medical info (on a condition I have and know a fair bit about), and some Reddit things came up so I looked at them for the hell of it. The first thing I read was just completely wrong. Like, totally wrong. I would hope people are being very leery of what they see on reddit, but they probably aren’t. 😕

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Reddit is dying. Fortunately the fediverse is nearing critical mass such that every time you visit there is hundreds of new posts to sift through.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago

    Yeah. At this point it seems like it’s mostly bots and childish moderators hanging on to their last shred of authority. Outside of gaming subs, I don’t see how anyone takes it seriously there. I mean, if the shareholders are dumb enough to not know that it’s mostly bots reposting shit by people that abandoned their shit long ago- they deserve to lose it all.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (15 children)

    You could add something like -site:reddit.com to your search query, or alternatively use a search engine like Kagi which allows you to block sites from all future queries.

    I believe uBlock Origin is also able to do this, but I'm not sure that is possible to use on iOS (I don't have an iPhone).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago* (14 children)

    Is there anything that will auto-add that to searches?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (13 children)

    Maybe a browser extension, but again, I don't run iOS so I'm not sure what is and isn't possible.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (12 children)

    Appreciate the help. I’m not even able to appeal it. They hard locked me out of their platform. LMAO. All for accidentally making a comment in a sub I was banned from, using an alt. I even had that sub blocked from my feed.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    Sounds like reddit. Highly recommend sticking around here, though!

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    Yeah. It’s just that there’s subs for games I play where I liked being able to ask questions. Those communities don’t exist here.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It is a problem how Reddit became a de facto aggregator of support channels, not just hobbyist communities. DuckDuckGo's sub is the primary DDG support channel, among countless other examples. It positions Reddit as the gatekeeper of Beijing-style "social credit" and getting banned there is tantamount to being Unperson'ed in some contexts.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (7 children)

    I definitely can acknowledge that there are less niche communites here. But the generic communities, especially for gaming, are very popular and I'm sure they'd welcome your questions there!

    You can also create the community on your own, if you really wanted a niche community. Frequent quality posts are the way to grow a new community here.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (6 children)

    Yeah. It doesn’t really work that way. Others have created subs for the games I play. There’s like between 1 and 5 people in them and next to no activity. Reddit pretty much much owns game support forums.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child)

    not how lemmy works, post to any community with no members/activity and it still shows up on all for everyone because of how low the activity is, this is actually a pro since you get more eyes on your post and more possibility of interaction no matter the community, a lot of your stuff just goes into the void on reddit

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (2 children)

    If even one person comments it stays on active feeds for anyone who browses that way.
    Basically stuff doesn't get buried here, if someones on here and played that game, they don't need to be on the same instance or subbed to see your post

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Also only redditors think they are as important as they claim, they are wrong and don't effect the game most of the time since they are a small vocal part of the playerbase. You just feel like you have more agency than you actually do posting there.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago

    There’s far more people posting in Reddit game subs than here. It just a fact. If there’s a question, it’ll get answered. Need help- there’s solutions.

    Here, there’s like, one dude in a community that hasn’t seen action in months.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Same happened to me like a year ago, they wont appeal it

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