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New to Lemmy. Why did you choose Lemmy when there are bigger alternatives such as 4chan and reddit. (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Leapingfro9@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Just left reddit because I got tired of moderation and I do not agree with political views over all. I never tried 4chan because I heard it's messed up and supposedly inject maleware on visitors like porn sites do.

As a person new to Lemmy, I just wanna know why you chose here and what you like/ dislike about there.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

4chan is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, and I moved from reddit after 15 years.

[–] Leapingfro9@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Why did you leave reddit? Mind sharing?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

They took steps to kill the app I used to access the site without providing a functional alternative.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Because Reddit is only remotely useful with apps and lied to, screwed over, and slandered all the app developers who made Reddit functional.

[–] nac82@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

Got banned for "report abuse" because I reported a pro genocidal comment on r/worldnews.

They banned me from the sub then successfully petitioned Reddit to ban the entire account.

If I can't even report the genocidal content on one of their largest subreddits without losing my account, I'm not going to fit in enough to stay.