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by mlindner 1304 days ago
At least for me personally there aren't any real alternatives.

* Facebook/Meta: I'm a life long non-facebook user and never will use any facebook product.

* Reddit: I'm on Reddit and have been for a long time but moderators ban people on a whim constantly for the slightest disagreement. My primary account has been banned from several major subreddits for a long time. Any community that grows to any size becomes a cess pool. It also doesn't work for news, as news is delayed by up to a day before getting any kind of traction.

* Mastodon: Becoming a left wing echo chamber that mixes the worst parts of Reddit and the worst parts of Twitter.

* Truth Social: Don't get me started...

* Forums: I still use a number of site-dedicated forums.

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If you’re banned from multiple subReddits with diverse moderation teams , you may want to consider focus inwards rather than outwards.
They're not diverse moderation teams. They're echo chambers. And they're over minor issues. And when I tried to protest I got permabanned.