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Got my first lemmy.ml ban
(lemmy.ca)
I'm kind of okay with this. It was a reasonable take -- not a hot take or an incendiary comment or something. Mods using their power to shut down discussion -- expected on that instance I guess ;)
This is my first time getting any sort of ban on any lemmy instance. Now I just need to get banned on a right-wing server for some other centrist take, to keep balance in the universe ;)
How many of you have experienced this on lemmy.ml?
When an instance's admins actively support hostile regimes and condone mods censoring posts about human rights abuses and genocide while spreading propaganda, it's not a simple disagreement.
.ml has no problem with people defending Russia's invasion and genocide in Ukraine, or denying China's genocide of Uighur Muslims. But they'll delete posts calling out Turkey and Hungary for acting in bad faith as NATO and EU members.
They're not just allowing but encouraging disinformation to propagate across the fediverse in order to win more support for their dictator daddies. Instance admins have the same responsibility to prevent dangerous disinformation campaigns from spreading as any other social network. They can either opt to do so on their own, or they can wait for regulations to force them to like Facebook and Xhitter.
I agree with your assessment on their political views. I also don't mod any communities on Lemmy or run my own instance so I don't have to worry about trying to deal with moderating the harmful political views of admin and mods with their other users' contributions to the network. I am just stating my opinion of not throwing the baby out with the bath water by going with the nuclear option that is defederation.