This comm is not the place to continue discussions from elsewhere or a drama haven.
Having had to lock posts because the conversation was going off the rails and getting very heated and political... that is the right call.
If the purpose of the community isn't being served by the discussion, it should be shutdown, let people have their internet fights somewhere else.
Exactly. That scenario is exactly why locking is possible. You lock the thread so people can’t keep derailing, and are forced to actually take it to the appropriate places instead.
OP is just butthurt because they couldn’t argue politics in an apolitical community anymore.
Even when the mod was involved in the political talk and didn’t get their shit removed?
This is clearly PTB material.
That’s off topic.
What's the background conext?
Unless you provide more details it just looks like you're trying to start needless drama.
The background context is here, in this comm.
Don't bring the argument into the comments. That was the right call.
You deserved it! Way too much crying going on in comment sections lately.
Why do so many of you go to communities that you disagree with, start shit, get banned, then come here to continue the shit stirring in the comments?!
Guys if you don't like a fucking community, just block it or avoid it. WTF?! lmao
Yeah, its pernicious. We have communities for focused discussions (at least in theory)... but some people treat ALL as a personal attack on their core beliefs and instead of blocking the community they don't like... they start a crusade.
Yeeaahh.. You're going to need to post a little more context than that...
The context is here in this comm.
If you can't even be arsed to explain your issue or at the very least provide a link to the context, I'm not going to go hunting for it.
YDI by default. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's not my issue. You're not even paying attention enough to know who you're replying to.
I think you should re-read my comment. "You" is both a specific and general pronoun.
It's generally good to try and be charitable when interpreting what others have written.
This mod action wasn't just intelligent, it was actually harm reduction.
It's a known thing that folks with ADHD may engage in internet arguments for the dopamine. Divide by Zero has a number of neurologically atypical members, and while we're a self-governing herd of cats (the majority of which seem to have level heads), we can't always stop engaging in stupid, needless, dumbass arguments when we should. Especially when mixed with people of... differing ideology.
The comments section was allowed to mature enough that a majority of people weighed in on the original point of the post, the mod action, before it devolved into arguments about the content of the post being actioned. That's the perfect age for locking the thread.
An analogy- the pirates were allowed to get into and distribute the rum. They were allowed to drink and sing. When they started fighting, that's when the cat o' nine came out. This is appropriate and about the only way to run a ship.
ETA: I hope you all know how fucking difficult it was for me to approve of someone in a position of authority in public like this. I'm real glad there's zero ties to this account and anything to do with my real life because I have a fucking reputation, thankyouverymuch.
I'm trying hard to make it viable to be considered as not an authority :)
Db0 made the right call here, this isn't the place for arguments and drama. YDI
The irony is, the mod was in the comments arguing politics. My comments were removed, and theirs weren’t.
Even when I was the one trying to tell them that I wasn’t going to argue with them because they have removed my comments for being off topic in the past.
This is factually proven PTB.
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.
All posts should follow this basic structure:
Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.
Make sure you follow this instance's code of conduct. In other words we won't allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.
YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.
Some acronyms you might see.
Relevant comms
