are you permanently banned off reddit? or do you just like lemmy more?

Never been banned from anywhere nor do I intend to. I never made a Reddit account because of that scandal where a really talented artist got banned because the mods thought their art was AI generated even though the artist kept proving it wasn't. What happened to Reddit since has only cemented my prexisting disdain for that site.
I decided to join social media early last year and I remember Lemmy was on one of the lists of new social media sites, so I joined it and have been having a great time ever since! 😃

I find it interesting that there's a mix of commenters complaining that Reddit is at opposite ends of the political spectrum.

I go on reddit every now and again, but the Lemmy experience is better.

Just like Lemmy more.
Reddit gave me a temp ban, but I declined their generous offer to return after a week.
I had reported a post by some far-right religious fundamentalist for promoting political violence. Reddit told me that reporting ToS-breaking content is a bannable offense, perhaps because the far-right owners of reddit feel like kindred spirits to the uber-conservative terrorist sympathizer that got reported.

Left reddit during the API drama out of principle. I only read reddit now via 3rd party apps, I don't contribute. I spend most of my time on Lemmy. My goal is for enough niche communities to grow here that I can give up reddit entirely.

I like Lemmy more.

Just like Lemmy more.
I do miss the ability to find conversations about any niche topic I want.
But the conversations on Lemmy are more genuine/authentic and the platform is run on principal/morals. An enshittified platform based on greed and inundated with bots could never compete.
Put another way, Reddit feels like I'm talking to the ''internet'', Lemmy feels like I'm talking to people.

Left reddit when Sync stopped working. Been here ever since and I actually prefer it here anyway.
Reddit was and probably still is an echo chamber of bots and catch phrases. There were a few useful gems of information when you googled something, but now most of that content has become unreliable due to some people (like me) who salted and later deleted their comments before leaving.
Also Spez was a dick 🤷‍♂️

I just refuse to use the official mobile app. When they killed Apollo, I left. I’ll use old Reddit sometimes when on my desktop but all my mobile browsing is on Lemmy with Voyager

Left on the API troubles went back once or twice for warframe and other small comunities but been liking here much better. I engage with people in here. It doesn't feel like screaming into the void.

I still have 2 Reddit accounts in good standing. I used Reddit entirely via the Reddit Is Fun app. I tried the official Reddit app but the ads flooded out content and performance was trash.

I just like Lemmy more. No NFTs, or Karma meaning anything. It feels like it was plucked from an older time.
- For someone saying karma doesn't mean anything you're sure farming lots of it! Making good comments and shit worthy of upvotes! You're quite a terrible hypocrite!
  
  Ironically (though it's hard to tell) I think their profile picture may be Hypocrites.
- same
- But obv the smartest most helpful ppl on any given topic have old reddit accounts with a lot of karma so they can post? That prob killed amas too, celebs prob didnt have enough karma to make a post

I chose to leave a year ago as the 3rd party apps (I was using RiF (Reddit is Fun)) were being killed. Realized it was the beginning of the end and I left.
Tried a couple of Lemmy apps since then (and I have been mostly lurking) and landed on Connect for Lemmy and I'm very happy to have left the corporate hell-hole of social media

Neither, I still use reddit because the subreddits pertaining to my interests are still active. Lemmy is almost entirely political discussion and boomer Facebook comic strips from what I've seen, and most other boards pertaining to specific interests have low activity here. If that wasn't the case I would be using Lemmy much more.

No, I had a reddit account in good standing that was around a decade old, I switched to Lemmy when it became clear that Reddit was being run by the regressive conservative tech world, eventually I also deleted my reddit account as part of a purge of my online identity.

I like lenmy more

I switched during the API fiasco. Most of my browsing is from mobile and I refused to use the crappy official app. Content had been declining in quality anyway, so I didn't feel that strongly about it.
- Same. I tried the official app after sync stopped working and hated it
  
  RedReader is an option.
- Dito, still have RIF installed on my phone so every time I click a reddit link im reminded of what they did with a 403: forbidden error. I like it better over here anyway, nicer people who give a shit and fewer bots (or atleast fewer obvious ones).

I came voluntarily after the third party app debacle. I never even used a third party app, it had just gotten so ridiculous that when moderators were putting together a blackout in protest, I made the decision that's when I was leaving and never returning, so that's what I did.
- I used Redd is Fun for years, even paid for the ad free version. Moved to Boost as the API debacle as the wave slowly started killing aps. Tried the official app for 2.5 seconds & hated it.
  Moved to Lemmy & been loving it since.
  
  I still use reddit on desktop, but it's all Lemmy on mobile thanks to Boost.
- Same, I didn't have a 3rd party app either. When it was super apparent that it was mostly bots, I used the exit of so many people to add to it. It was the best move I could have made.
  
  Well, disruption can create growth or stagnation. I guess it's up to us to decide which path we'll walk. I'm glad to share this one with good people such as yourself, for as long as it lasts. We may not always agree, we may accidentally trigger each other, but as long as it's accidental (and I guess that's where we walk by faith, not being in each others ' heads to know for sure), and we choose to examine and heal the wound that was poked, then we're each others ' students, teachers, and wounded healers. It takes comraderie to learn and grow together, and I'm so *glad we are doing just that!
- I came as soon as the app i used stopped working.
  cleared all the posts and comments from my accounts over there way before that though. they were signaling their enshitification a lot earlier than that.
- Adding to say I have the same experience. Not banned, never used a TPA, but downloaded RIF Is Fun when people were writing up a storm just to see what was even going on. When the blackouts happened, I saw the more and more unhinged shit the Reddit administration was doing to stifle the protests and decided to make my blackout permanent from then onward. My exposure to the Fediverse has entirely changed how I interact with megacorps and software now. If it's not FOSS or DRM free stuff on my device, I don't want anything to do with it. Obviously getting to 100% on that is a very tall order, but I've been making a lot of headway since 2023.
  Even in spite of the vast disparity in quantity of content, I would vastly prefer Lemmy to current Reddit without contest. Even aside from the massive brain drain the blackout had, and all the ad related enshittification, imagine being punished for even upvoting awesome things like Luigi Mangione? Now instead of the countless years I spent leaving my art and constant comments to boost some boneheaded corporation, I can post them here and be involved with a movement controlled by individuals. A movement made for and funded by each other, instead of lining greedy pockets.
  
  <3

Left during the APIcalypse, largely only go back to help guide people to the fire exits.

Perma banned from Reddit cause I compared Clarence Thomas to Stephen Candie from Django Unchained.

No, I still have my account but never use it anymore. After the api fiasco I came over here because I didn’t like how Reddit went about everything. I like it better here I get a bit of content and I’m done for the day, Reddit was addicting and it was made to be. Here I just check the feed until I get to yesterday stuff and I’m done for the day. I’m pretty sure I’m gonna see the same stuff just it’s just not endlessly regurgitated by bots and karma farmers. I like it better here, feels cozy compared to Reddit.

I got a perma ban from reddit. Ive said this in other comments but I’ll add it here: A mod locked a post I was looking at and said something about how the post wasn’t good (I can’t remember exactly what the mod said). I responded by telling to the mod “get lost”. I got perma banned from that subreddit. Then like 5 months later I smoked some weed and, for whatever reason, felt the need to message the mod and say “spank spank spank. Thats the sound I make as I spank you. Yes yes yes. Thats the sound you make as I spank you”. Thats when I got a phat perma ban from the admins. I made another reddit account on a vpn. All seemed well until I launched reddit with the vpn off by accident. My new account was banned shortly after this. Either way, after the first ban I was looking at alternatives. I found the lemmsters. I still have the reddit app with my perma banned account. I can browse reddit all I want but I don’t use it for anything other than porn or when I google something and a reddit link pops up where my question is being answered. There are things I miss about reddit. Primarily I miss the large chess community there. It is far more developed than the chess community on lemmy. I wish I could get the chess community going here. I don’t really miss reddit for anything else. This is evident by the fact that I could’ve been on reddit right now, but instead I prefer to browse lemmy. I really like the fediverse idea. It interests me greatly and I hope to see it grow! One thing that is exciting that I missed out on with reddit is being there from the beginning. I know lemmy/fediverse is newer so I am happy to join during the more early stages and see how the fediverse as a whole grows.

Not banned, was never active. Just lurked on certain subreddits. I've engaged way more here than I ever did there

47 0 days since seeing a post from someone who still cares about Reddit for some reason.

I left when RIF was disabled, 2 years ago now or close

I liked Reddit but I couldn't ignore what's happening there anymore. Anyway Lemmy is cool too, not missing it that much.

Yes

I nuked my own accounts. Fuck reddit.

I just like Lemmy more

No, yes

I’ve never been banned from Reddit even temporarily, I just like Lemmy more

No but Reddit sucks.

I liked reddit but came here because I'm Canadian and am trying my best to ween myself from american products and services due to the american administrations newfound disrespect for my country. Also, tariffs.

I deleted my own Reddit accounts after They started censoring posts and subreddits.
There was all too many fuckups in the last few years.
The API scandal
The wallstreetbets scandal
Spez and Fuck Reddit
the Antiwork community scandal
the Luigi censorship LGBT and EDI
They have no control of that platform their hands are tied. They are sold.

Nope, not banned, chose to leave. Realized most of my anxiety and fear were due to Reddit's algorithm amping up my issues.
Was banned from a couple of subs for promoting Lemmy though.
- it doesnt get talked about enough how bad reddit is for your mental health, glad you got out 🙏
  
  very much so! lemmy has been a godsend for me.
  i knew i was too weak to avoid reddit; so i tried to get them to ban me by breaking all of the rules and they wouldn't.
  so i setup a blacklist in my own dns w an 8 hour timeout and a 30 minute window to force myself to stay away.

Lemmy has good apps. Reddit does not. Easy as.

I've just deleted my Reddit account, to switch entirly to Lemmy. No ban or something, i just don't want to use social media from the US anymore.
- For-profit US tech boycott club!
- This ^

I jumped off voluntarily a little over a year ago when spez didn't like third party apps anymore and reddit went public.
Edit: damn it's almost been 2 years on lemmy. What a fucking ride
Edit: I can't believe cm0002 copied your exact same post
https://lemm.ee/post/60400579
- Fuck /u/spez
  
  Fuck /u/spez

I want lemmy to succeed. Sadly reddit has better shitposts

I just joined Lemmy today. I found out about it through a piracy site of all things. If it were viable I would replace everything in my life with open-source alternatives. I'm tired of companies getting greedy and ruining the things I love.
- Welcome to Lemmy! Just by being here you’re about to find out (whether you like it or not!) just how viable it is to replace (almost) everything in your life with open source alternatives, it’s just seems to be part of the (awesome) culture around here. Enjoy!
- Make sure you check out places like !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com, on there and other communities on that site there be many a sailor like you. What's better is you can participate without having to make a new account!

Reddit is banned from me.
- I'LL START MY OWN REDDIT!
  WITH HOOKERS AND BLACKJACK!
  
  Lemmynsfw has a few sex workers, some of whom might not mind being called hookers I suppose. I'm not sure what community has blackjack.
  Edit: Yes, I'm aware that it's a Futurama quote.

reddit was better simply because it has more people. but it's unusable without api access and alternative clients like sync and boost.

Well I’m queer, and apparently the ceo is MAGAt

I was on Reddit from mid 2012 to mid 2023, across a few accounts and with a hiatus of a few months here and there. I had been passively looking at less centralized forms of personal interaction on the web, trying to find traditional forums to replace the subs I frequented. Like a lot of people here, the API issues and the news of Reddit courting investors left a bad taste in my mouth.
I deleted my account, but I still lurk on a few subs, and my IT job means I have to dig through reddit posts on a regular basis for troubleshooting purposes.

Left back when they announced the API changes and never looked back.

Reddit sucks, it's getting worse day after day. I'm still there, but moving to Lemmy.

I left after they banned third party apps. During me testing third party apps for the first time, i have found out that reddit was getting rid of them. I didnt want to use a platform owned by a company that was willing to make these kinds of changes
- Same. Rip rif. Never logged back in. Man I miss grimdank though. O well.
- I also left during that period. Third party apps were and are a lot better. Fuck spez.

It's not a matter of liking more, reddit was dead for me when they fucked their api. Lemmy still needs content, but the ux is wastly superior

I just switched when the API nonsense shat all over the actually good reddit apps, since I primarily used reddit on my phone.
I saw lemmy touted as an alternative and figured why not?

12 years, 900K+ karma, Permabanned soon after the inauguration for repeating a statement I'd made many times before.
Came to Lemmy and found lots of recently banned veterans. Many of us were high volume posters for over a decade, and never got banned, then suddenly we all turned into monsters that had to be permabanned in the same month.
I prefer Lemmy in many ways - no puns, fewer trolls, no bots, no Russian propaganda farmers, etc., but some of my favorite subjects are badly lacking. Reddit has several very large and active guitar subs, for instance, while Lemmy's guitar forums are small and barely used.
On the other hand, the political subs are far more radical, and allow real discussion of political options more than Reddit. They are not doing themselves a service by suppressing radical speech over there, they are only driving it underground, where it will become even more radical. When it happens they'll be surprised because they buried it instead of addressing it.
- no puns
  A lot of that had to be karma farming

Both

Going cold turkey. Bizarrely I like lemmy more as there's less content so I don't scroll as much.
I nuke my accounts pretty regularly for data security so didnt really have any value in my account (none of this "I had 1500 karma coins" or whatever)

My main and all my alts except one was banned cause I kept reporting blatant ads disguised as legitimate posts as spam. Happened around the same time they killed off 3rd party apps, so I needed a good excuse to try Lemmy anyway.

I like Lemmy more.

Found Lemmy during the API protest and ditched reddit. I've been meaning to go back to reddit and get banned over the whole crazy censorship thing, but haven't gotten around to it yet.