Technology

I've gotten IP banned twice. Once for talking about my cat killing rabbits (violence!) and once for talking about racist attacks against my local mayor by right wing nutjobs (supporting racism).

It's astoundingly stupid. I was never once ever even banned or blocked from a subreddit until like 2022. Then I started repeatedly getting bans from lots of subs for racism, sexism and violence. Mostly for throughful comments that were getting tons of upvotes then I'd get some personal comment from a mod about what a jerk I was and how if I think men/women are the same, and race isn't a huge pivotal thing, and violence is part of life... well then apparently I'm sexist, racist, and promoting violence. I also pointed out some obvious viral marketing going on in some subs... and banned. I also start getting harassed and targetted and followed by people on the site. It was so weird to have someone show up in other subs to insult/harass me or the constant PMs from weirdos. Never ever got those until like '22 as well.

Reddit was great when it was small. People were reasonable and chill mostly and debate was allowed. I learned so much from so many great communities. Now it's just a corporate echo chamber that wants a inoffensive as possible Disney like image. It's run by dingbats with zero ability to make normal judgements and caters to nutbags and bad actors who actively abuse things.

That said IRL things are so getting worse. My entire life I've mostly head the same opinions... and now all the sudden I'm 'evil' because I don't agree with exteremist/ignorance-first agendas being pushed so hard.