Hello, Lemmy community. I left Reddit for good once r/pics decided to permanently ban me because I posted to a Trump subreddit. I am not a Trump supporter, nor should that matter.
What got me banned was a post I made, which linked to a Forbes article criticizing the latest tax break attempting to get passed. It will allow a tax break to everyone who makes $150K or less. But where has that money been going? Social Security and Medicaid. Essentially, the governing administration knows that gutting these programs is unpopular, so they’ll drain them of funding and call it a bonus. That’s like saving funding for a hospital by cutting the electricity.
I posted a quote and a link from the article, was predictably downvoted for it, and I was done with it. Days later, the ban happened.
When I tried to contest the ban, I was muted for 28 days. For my innocuous comments in one subreddit, I was permanently banned from another.
This all happened today. Since the muting, I deleted my Reddit account and will not be going back.
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Welcome. We are happy to have you here
good riddance, sillicon valley has way too much power over information flow
the more diverse the platforms the better. Also I really like the reskins of this platform! Makes the interface so customizable to your preferences
Welcome on the site <3 (Im also a new ex-redditor - check my latest comment on profile for my story)
This is often done automatically to discourage brigading. Pics is a weird one though, unless they had a lot of trouble with that Trump sub
unless they had a lot of trouble with that Trump sub
I would expect no less from that crowd.
Reddit has jumped the shark.
Lol I think you mean tax break for 150k and UP each year. This has already been written down on paper.
Nah, Trump has said that he wants to eliminate taxes for anyone below $150k… But quickly followed up with “but only after we balance the budget”. Which is really just code for “I want to put my name on something that says <$150k doesn’t pay taxes, without actually implementing it.” And then the actual proposal landed, and it turns out they want to cut taxes by cutting it straight from social security and Medicaid.
Yeah lol. Fucking crazy. I guess that’s why maga has been all gun ho for “we don’t need no government!”
That’s not what I mean. Here’s the article.
Holy shit that’s bad news
