Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Reddit@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe Apollo dev banned and removed all my comments suggesting Lemmy as an alternative to reddit.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageThe Apollo dev banned and removed all my comments suggesting Lemmy as an alternative to reddit.lemmy.mlDessalines@lemmy.ml to Reddit@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
I usually don’t get too salty about these things, but that seemed uncalled for, especially since I’m on their side.
minus-squareKata1yst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey probably have a blanket ban on promoting competing Reddit clients, and didn’t bother to figure out what Lemmy was.
minus-squareJoshua@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoEven so, that’s lame behaviour. I understand deleting comments if they are promoting their app nonstop, but to silence people you think are just mentioning an alternative app is crazy.
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPerhaps, although I was pretty clear in that thread that lemmy is a reddit replacement, not an apollo one.
minus-squarePisck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoExactly. There’s a note that says “Self-promo – Lemmy” right in the posted screen cap.
They probably have a blanket ban on promoting competing Reddit clients, and didn’t bother to figure out what Lemmy was.
Even so, that’s lame behaviour. I understand deleting comments if they are promoting their app nonstop, but to silence people you think are just mentioning an alternative app is crazy.
Perhaps, although I was pretty clear in that thread that lemmy is a reddit replacement, not an apollo one.
Exactly. There’s a note that says “Self-promo – Lemmy” right in the posted screen cap.
Which is (technically) true.