So, I have a main account, where I’m the asshole editor with lots of opinions, and then two others for things a bit more spicy.

Both of those have been suspended for “suspicious activity” roughly 30 hours apart. For, you know, posting what I usually do.

The thing is, one of these – I’m in the eight-year club there – is associated with an email address that was terminated for lack of use, so I can’t reset my password as prescribed.

The other was suspended yesterday every single time I posted anything, resulting in multiple password resets. I’ve not posted anything there today, but … hey, look, it’s suspended again.

Is Reddit just making a hard turn toward banning adult content? r/help seems to have a few other people in my boat wondering what the fuck is going on, but I can’t find any sources suggesting a shift in policy. And I can’t post in r/help on my main … the submit button does nothing.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    121·
    2 days ago

    Reddits been turning to shit for years. Surprised people here still use it.

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      53·
      2 days ago

      So, if I have a question about my 24V off-grid PV system, you’re suggesting I reach out to Beehaw instead of the millions of people on Reddit who can answer such questions? Or that any local community on Lemmy scales like my local subreddit?

      I spend most of my time here but rely on Reddit for other needs.

      • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        millions of people

        Doubt. Most are probably bots now, let alone able to answer a question like that.

        • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          r/vandwellers has plenty of real people. Tells you a bit about the state of the economy. Sure, there are likely some bots, but it’s hardly a topic worthy of their attention.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        It’s just time

        I started out on reddit years ago and I even became a mod in a small niche community I grew from a dozen people to about 500 … it took about six years of regular engagement and contact with people. It was actual work in my free time but I enjoyed it.

        Same is happening here but lemmy has competition … reddit was great years ago and no one needed alternatives so they stayed with it and no one could compete because there was no need for anyone to do anything.

        But now everything is in transition and it’s going to take years to see where things go.

        I don’t care, I’m staying here, I get my fill here, people are nice and it feels a bit like reddit ten years ago. Can’t wait to see what this place looks like in ten years.

        • Baggins@beehaw.orgEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          I think we all get that it will take time, but whilst we wait, what happens about his PV system?

          • The Octonaut@mander.xyzEnglish
            5·
            2 days ago

            Pay a dude

            People don’t seem to notice how we’ve stopped paying dudes. Now that we’ve stopped paying dudes, is anything cheaper?

            • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
              1·
              9 hours ago

              Heh … I just spent a week and a half crashing with a friend to get help troubleshooting my fridge. I brought the final pieces he needed to get the solar for his van hooked up because they were at this point spares and relics of dead-ends. You don’t need to pay a guy; you just need to know the right person.

          • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
            4·
            2 days ago

            Oh, it’s going fine just now. Surprisingly well, in fact, given how many tree branches have gotten to know my solar panels in the biblical sense.