It’s definitely slower than Reddit.

Just a couple things to keep in mind from what I’ve seen:

If you notice a community hasn’t had a post in a couple months, don’t assume it’s dead. I’ve posted in places that haven’t had activity in months and gotten several replies relatively quickly.

A lot of Lemmy is news and memes. So you might have to get used to embracing that if you aren’t already. Going to “all” and sorting by new is what I mostly do here.

I was kinda sad too, but the further away I get from the time I was banned the more manageable it is. Just give it time 👌

I got perm banned for supposedly breaking Reddit’s rule 3.

Basically it just says you can’t post sexualized photos of people without their permission.

The photos I shared “without permission”, however were of popular, commercially available adult actresses specifically on a subreddit cetered around just that. These people are so popular they appear in memes on SFW subreddits. They have massive subreddits centered around them. Of all the NSFW content allowed on reddit, it is among the most allowed.

The only exception was that I think one of the photos I posted was OF content or something that was intended to be behind a paywall. That’s the only guess I have. But even this person shows up all over the place on reddit from people who are definitelt not her.

I won’t deny that if that’s the case I was being careless. But I tried to appeal, and was denied. I can’t get over the fact that supposedly a human looked at that and said that what I did was tantamount to taking a creep shot of someone in public and then posting it to reddit.

I’m fine with never using reddit again, but that had me scared I had found myself in some sort of serious trouble…

I think I’m understanding it a bit better, but in a very broad kind of way.

Thank you for responding. I will definitely give that a read.

I messed around with it some more.

I’m not sure what I was missing but everything seems to be showing as it should on desktop. Sorry about that…

I do want to ask though: I can use everything just like I am going through FediNSFW. Aside from a different aesthetic, what is the difference between accessing everything I can right now on lemmy.zip and using another lemmy (instance? Server?)

Not ever being able to use reddit again isn’t a huge issue for me. I was growing frustrated with it for a while.

What had me worried was that this appeal (which I’m presuming was done by a human) upheld the ban. Being told essentially “you’ve broken rule 3 which is tantamount to posting creep shots” had me worried, like I was in some kind of serious trouble.