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Fake vegans (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by rbn@sopuli.xyz to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Vegans being banned and comments being deleted from !vegan@lemmy.world for being fake vegans.

From my perspective, the comments were in no way insulting and just part of completely normal interaction. If this decision reflects the general opinion of the mod team, then from my perspective, the biggest vegan community on Lemmy wants to be an elitist cycle of hardcore vegans only, not allowing any slightly different opinion. Which would be very unfortunate.

PS: In contrast to the name of this community, I don't want to insult anyone here being a 'bastard'. I just want to post this somewhere on neutral ground. I would really appreciate an open discussion without bashing anyone.

Linking the affected users and mods: @Cypher@lemmy.world @gaael@lemmy.world @gredo@lemmy.world @iiGxC@slrpnk.net @veganpizza69@lemmy.world @veganpizza69@lemmy.vg @jerkface@lemmy.ca @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world @Sunshine@lemmy.ca @Aqua@lemmy.vg

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[-] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 11 hours ago

Trump getting voted in is my go to example. Judging by all the posts, comments, and voting patterns it looked like that guy had zero policies anyone would vote for. It was a sure thing Harris was going to win. That whole fiasco proves how out of touch Lemmy is with the real world because it isn’t treated as a forum for discussion.

Isn't Reddit the same? Looking at Reddit quickly, it seemed to be a sure Harris win

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Isn’t Reddit the same?

No, as it is not federated the underlying problems are different. There is less stress on moderators and dialogue is naturally constrained by the possibility of permanent banishment from the platform. I haven't been there in months but in my decade of using it previously I was never banned presumably because moderators aren't on a hair trigger or have oversight focused on the preservation of the platform above all else.

Is there stupidity and over-moderation on Reddit? Ofc. But, it is not the Wild West that Lemmy is.

Edit: FTR I'm not pro-Reddit either.

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