Reddit

A team of researchers who say they are from the University of Zurich ran an “unauthorized,” large-scale experiment in which they secretly deployed AI-powered bots into a popular debate subreddit called r/changemyview in an attempt to research whether AI could be used to change people’s minds about contentious topics.

Where I stole this meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1k8mjf4/how_the_university_of_zurichs_review_board_signed/

Last week Reddit proposed a program called Adopt-an-Admin where one of the suits joins your mod team to "build empathy" with the unpaid interns.

"If you raise the fucking hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."

and mod muted for a month for no reason.

Just deleted my Reddit account after 4 years due to being wrongly banned for ban evasion and having all my appeals either rejected or ignored. Hope Lemmy's a better place

Hardworking scammers have been hitting Reddit since no later than March 20, 2025, pushing malware masquerading as “TradingView Premium Free Lifetime". Five days ago, the malware was posted in a subreddit created just for scams (so of course, there’s a “mod” in on it).

Got a notification my post was removed by mods for having nothing to do with Louisiana, and suddenly can't post to any subreddits. Why have an international news flair option on r/Louisiana then get so pissy when someone uses it?

I got an account warning for saying I would curb stomp a crab that was trying to eat a baby sea turtle on /r/interestingasfuck and tried to appeal it as other users were posting pictures of crab legs and butter and my appeal got denied. Today I saw a thread about a casemaking moth larvae and people saying kill it and burn it with a lighter and hairspray but trying to report those comments got a message saying their comments didn't break any rules.

Archive of 4chan comments:

Got suspended for agreeing that plotting to assassinate the president is "the lesser of two evils" compared with murdering one's own parents.

It's kind of funny how this blog post seems to use the same exact slop-ass language the post it's complaining about does. Well and truly dead and barren, most of the internet is.

me, hardcore linux, never used apple in my life - when reddit somehow thinks apple is a relevant subreddit. sigh - mass downvotes it is

Summary

Just thought it was funny

https://www.reddit.com/r/thescoop/comments/1jmq7en/arrest_trump_already/

Reddit is removing the Direct Message feature, and all active conversations will be archived so you won't be able to continue ongoing conversations. Reddit also deleted all bad reviews for their app awhile ago. Its rating went from 3.4 to 4.5 stars overnight.

Screenshots of reddit.com/r/all on mobile as it appeared immediately after loading (did not scroll), taken at 12:34 and 12:40 PST; look what suddenly disappeared from the #1 post spot! That's a rather specific "server error"...

Nearly two months ago, Elon Musk went on a public crusade against Reddit.

I’m excited to share a comprehensive archive of /r/Conspiracy posts spanning 10 years—from August 15, 2008 through October 15, 2018! The archive includes every post that either achieved a score of 25+ or garnered 25+ comments, ensuring that even those seemingly low-scoring yet controversial posts are in the mix.

If you ask investors, Reddit is doing great. Its current market cap sits at nearly $22 billion, three times what it debuted at during its March 2024 IPO. Once a little-known successor to Fark and Digg, and a great place to engage in down-to-earth communication and meet interesting people, it's now one of the most well-known social (or anti-social) media platforms in the world.

https://old.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1jiess4/theres_a_media_blackout_in_effect_concealing/

What are we going to do about it?

This was my battle last night. Trying to post how much a 3k deductible cost between my employer and I.

Bought and payed for. Fuck u/spez. Reddits now a tabloid and Lemmy's the front page of the internet.

When sites no longer allow you to speak out against political figures, companies, or conflicts then its time to leave. They are no longer moderating a subreddit. They are moderation information as a whole. They get to pick n choose what you're allowed to rally around and rally against. Sites like lemmy are the next step to a free and fair internet.

TL;DR To make messaging on Reddit faster and more reliable, we’re replacing Private Messages (PMs) with Reddit Chat and inbox notifications. This transition is necessary to maintain and improve Reddit’s messaging infrastructure. We aim to make these changes with minimal disruption while improving the user experience.

I said nothing at all that would be seen as a threat. All I did was share the article. I’m so glad I found this place. Reddit is trash.

The comment I replied to: "Firefighters and emergency workers have begged people not to burn Tesla’s. They need to respond regardless of their dislike for Elon and the fumes can be fatally toxic."

Sorry for the long title. Some context to this: Readium LCP is a DRM-solution created and delivered by the non-profit foundation EDRLab (I guess we've learned by now that non-profit doesn't equal good), based in France.

Edit: apparently they're posters you can download https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1KPaA4jNHcWLFNbjl4M1Q5HxXROnZtYXd

Just got the ban, folks. Apparently for saying “Liquidate Musk”, which is a financial term. He should be liquidated, all of his assets seized and redistributed. I look forward to participating in this community.

There's nothing left to save us from. The worst has happened. The DNC is to weak to do anything about it, anyway. Go away.

At least with Boost (my favorite reddit & Lemmy app).

Link to thread:

Speedrunning a permaban on my 15 year old account. How many days do you think it will take?

A mod from r/popculture was raising alarms about posts regarding Luigi Mangione getting people banned. Apparently, the mod in question was reinstating posts calling for violence and other reasons against TOS, posts which admins had removed, leading to them getting suspended. This isn't to say that reddit admins are without fault or definitely not targeting discussions about Luigi, though I just thought it was funny that this particular person was lying for no reason and got caught.

Post had nothing to do with murder or violence. It is clear who reddit serves.

The fact that people are tiptoeing around it in the comments and it still got locked is insane.

Thank you Spez for banning my account of nine years for voicing my political opinion! I made many contributions to communities over the years and now you’ve lost that so good fucking bye.

Reddit decided that i can’t delete my account, i tried several times with no luck. Do you have ideas? Should i get myself banned?

Lol nothing says we are afraid of the working class like banning subreddits on suppressed news they don’t want us to see. I came here bc I got a warning on my account for liking a comment that said “Luigi”. My alt account got banned for sharing the DOGE email list that is public info. Fuck Reddit. I’m done.

The comments point out some good ideas on improving the experience of lemmy for new users but I got so many comments that just didnt even want to give try it. I made an effort though. Ill keep trying to pull em in.

Joan Westerberg has been doing great work on the Fediverse. I pasted this link in the one sub I miss r/idiocracy: