Reddit to Lemmy Migration
Users transitioning from Reddit to Lemmy due to account bans and platform differences.
July 2023
Users flooded Reddit with bots after mass departure
Approximately three years before the post date, a group of users left Reddit. Following this departure, observers noted that Reddit appeared to be flooded with bots to artificially inflate user numbers.
May 2026
GBoard exhibited unusual input behavior according to user naeap
User naeap reported that Google Keyboard (GBoard) began acting strangely. The reported issues included missing words or exhibiting different input behavior than before.
June 2026
JoYo created a community on Lemmy for original content
JoYo established a community on Lemmy. The community is accessible via the URL https://lemmy.ml/c/original.
Source ↗JoYo posted on asklemmy seeking Lemmy communities
JoYo published a post on the asklemmy community. The post expressed concern regarding the volume of Reddit repost content.
Source ↗Guidance issued on Reddit to Lemmy migration karma differences
User FoxtrotDeltaTango posted advice on the fediverse regarding the migration from Reddit to Lemmy. The post warned users not to delete posts because Lemmy does not track account karma like Reddit.
July 2026
IAmUser1234567 switches from Reddit to Lemmy
The user IAmUser1234567 migrated from Reddit to Lemmy after their Reddit account was banned. The user is currently utilizing Voyager on an Android phone.
Reddit banned user u/IAmUser1234567 without apparent cause.
User u/IAmUser1234567 reported being banned from Reddit despite possessing over 17k Karma. The user stated they had not engaged in any prohibited activity prior to the ban.
FoxtrotDeltaTango migrated from Reddit to Lemmy.
FoxtrotDeltaTango switched from Reddit to Lemmy following the account ban. The user began utilizing Lemmy via the Voyager application on an Android phone.
New Reddit account creation failed for u/IAmUser1234567.
Attempts by u/IAmUser1234567 to create new accounts on Reddit resulted in immediate bans. The user speculated that Reddit employed digital fingerprinting or IP address marking to prevent new registrations.