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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by rbn@sopuli.xyz to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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.

PPS: Some instances or clients seem to compress the screenshots in a way they're unreadable. Find the full resolution here: https://imgur.com/a/8XdexTm

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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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 5 days ago

One of the first communities I blocked.

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[-] threeduck@aussie.zone 36 points 6 days ago

I (a vegan) got banned from there for finding the love of cows cloying. I said we shouldn't have to pretend cows are cute to convince others not to kill and eat them.

It really isn't a place for even back and forth amongst friends, "no conversation - only agreement"

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

cloying

adjective

excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental, especially to a disgusting or sickening degree

Neat, new word.

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[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 16 points 6 days ago

I think cows are adorable (in a positive manner :D) but yes, completely agree. Being a vegan shouldn't require that you passionately love being in contact with all kinds of species. I mean - despite them playing a role in the ecosystem - who loves ticks or mosquitoes?

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[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Militant vegans always seemed cult-like to me, and nothing reinforced that idea more than seeing posts from the vegan group on here.

Didn't take long for me to block that community.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

PTB for sure, they're removing comments not 100% in support of them which is iffy, but now they are trying to decide that people aren't real vegans because they don't agree with the mods, WTF?!?

Also is it just me or does this mod seem like they might be an Alt of Beaver (a previous mod of the Vegan community who was removed from the community for power-tripping) was known for making alts and trying to sneak herself back in as mod a few times with her alts, as well as fostering ill will towards the mod who removed her using her alt accounts. She ultimately deleted her accounts after being called out for the behavior and when these tactics weren't working.

@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world Maybe you might want to look into this, it's very possible the person who was power-tripping before was somehow able to get back in as a mod on an alt account without you or other mods knowing it was them.

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 18 points 6 days ago

The vegan Community is actually quite shit. They don't hesitate to delete your comment just because you aren't a vegan, even if you agree with them in certain points.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago

There's a word that describes communities like that, echochambers.

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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Lemmy vegans are a never ending source of entertainment, aren't they?

Also, I had a quick look through the community, and it's mostly one person posting, with a big chunk of their posts attracting zero comments.

Very strange.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

It used to be pretty active, but everyone bailed right around when the mods started with the purity tests and thumbscrews. Like most subcultures viewed as 'cringe', the reputation comes from one or two users being fucking weirdos and then everyone reposting their insanity for meme points.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 days ago

Vegan restaurant

Adds meat to its menu

What

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 15 points 6 days ago

*Former Vegan Resturant

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this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025

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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.

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