Reddit apparently banned Paul McCartney over concert photos post
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Reddit apparently banned Paul McCartney's account after he posted Fonda Theatre concert content to his own subreddit. The ban page is live and confirmed.

Paul McCartney’s official Reddit account seems to have been banned. The account, u/paulmccartney, had just dropped a set of photos and videos from the first night of his shows at the Fonda Theatre. It went straight into the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit. Then, not long after, the whole thing disappeared.

  • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
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    15 days ago

    It’s funny how a lot of the complaints I’m reading here are about how Reddit is unfriendly toward left-leaning people but all the right wing people complain about how Reddit is a cesspool of liberal propaganda.

    It just goes to show that the platform plays both sides just to promote hate and anger.

    I visited after I got banned and the default posts that show up without logging in (therefore uncurated) were all so irritating that I had to assume they were all ragebait.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      only reason I still go there is my mental support subreddits. r/stopdrinking, r/CPTSD, r/RaisedByNarcissists…

      If those communites were thriving here, I’d never go back to reddit again 🫤

      • vithigar@lemmy.caEnglish
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        16 days ago

        This is basically the case with any community that isn’t one of the broad topic/mass appeal subreddits. If you’re looking for discussion on anything even slightly specific Lemmy and other alternatives just completely fall on their face. Whether that’s support for a specific addiction or even just conversation about one particular video game series, your options are Reddit, discord, Twitter, or nothing.

        • nickiwest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          16 days ago

          That used to be a problem on Reddit, too. Maybe the current drama will drive more traffic to the Fediverse.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I just want to say that I know people who have known Paul for many years, and every single one of them have nothing but good things to say about him. He knows people want to catch him doing jerk behavior, so he bends over backwards to be polite and respectful to EVERYBODY. He’s a Righteous Dude.

    • Xechon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Unfortunately my first association is the “Glass Walls” ad that was hammered into my brain hundreds of times before I learned to block them.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTifP6idBPs

      No, Paul, do you think slaughterhouse employees are even more likely to be vegetarian? Good intentions, but so infuriating.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        16 days ago

        I’m a carnivore, but I respect reasonable vegetarian/vegans. I’ll take a rock star taking a stand like that over Lars attacking music fans because they love music too much.