We live in the UK. She didn’t go any further than this. I got her to download TOR and use the “old.Reddit” trick to bypass this so it was only mildly infuriating for her in the end

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      Honestly Lemmy gets mentally draining, constant political drama that is guaranteed to lean left, barely any non-partisan or neutral discussions happen here and god forbid anyone say anything that can be seen as conservative because a barrage of insults are certain to come your way.

      While I support the Lemmy project there are quite a few communities that I had subscribed to on Reddit that are missing here.

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        No matter what happens, I always expect Lemmy to have the worse possible take.

        I also don’t like that politics seems to spill into every community

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        Lemmy sucks it just sucks different, its the photo negative of truth social and anyone who thinks that this place isnt just a different echo chamber is deluded.

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          Bro, these are real people with real opinions and you’re just shitting on all of that like it’s nothing, and the truth social comparison, jump up your own ass

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    This sounds more like a “fuck UK age restriction laws” not reddit.

    The UK’s age restriction laws online are now enforced under the Online Safety Act (OSA), which requires online platforms to verify the age of users before they access categories of “harmful” content, including pornography and content related to self-harm or eating disorders. Websites, apps, and services hosting such content must implement robust age checks, with platforms facing significant fines or blocking if they fail to comply. Methods for age verification can include facial age estimation, ID scanning, or credit card checks.

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      Methods for age verification can include facial age estimation

      Can’t that be easily bypassed by using an older person for the selfie shot?

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      I was banned 5 days ago for 6 days. Can I be strong enough not to go back? Please give me the strength to stay away.

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        I got a 3 day ban, 2nd offence, on my 6th account, after the 3-day ban I abandon the account.

        Only took 6 weeks this time and I was watching myself. They have dishonest moderation At Site wide level and I do not want to use it at all either, unless maybe two Shuffle people to the fediverse.

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          They have dishonest moderation

          The mods are also unaccountable. They can (and do) simply ignore your DMs asking for details or reconsideration of your ban. And even if they do respond, the reasoning will be a short gibberish response that you cannot appeal.

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      Politics, tech, and Star Trek are the only three topics on Lemmy in any significant numbers, and even tech is politics half the time. The gaming communities are mostly politics about gaming, the porn communities are mostly dead, and forget anything more specific (other than Trek of course.)