I was shocked to see this log as it is the largest public health forum. No wonder why people are falling for pseudoscience and misinformation these days as problematic individuals are entrusted in important roles. I suppose it’s time for another migration.
Is it this clown named "jet"? He basically posts non-stop about personal stories of people apparently "saved" by adopting a carnivore diet and bans anyone arguing against this pseudoscience no matter how civil the discussions. Wouldn't wonder if he also has multiple accounts to counter the massive downvotes of his posts.
Dude will ban you for downvoting posts while pretending it’s for “blanket downvoting”. Im still surprised the blatant vote fixing has largely been ignored.
Moderators get to ban people for whatever reason strikes their fancy. That's fine. But it would be helpful if the number of people on a ban list and the list itself were visible so people know what they are engaging with before they waste their time.
Not exactly a public ban list however Piefed has the subscriber/banned list available for moderators to review. The regular users would just have to check the modlogs.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I think the RFK Jr comparisons (unqualified, proponent pseudoscience) are apt. Most posts to publichealth@mander.xyz are credible health science information and posts about the benefits of a plant-based diet are pretty common. The person added as moderator hasn't posted to that community recently AND - most importantly - looking at their profile they're ALL ABOUT pseudoscience. Why one of the regular posters wasn't appointed moderator seems odd. Is this appointment political? Otter usually makes good decisions, but this one seems very questionable. I hope credible users continue to monitor this situation. A .ca admin whiffing like this raises my antennae. It would be a big loss for us all for Lemmy to descend into a misinformation station
I've recently interacted with the newly appointed public health mod on Medicine Canada. Their scientific literacy is adequate for a commenter but not a mod
For example, on Why are so many young men struggling with erectile dysfunction?
This is their initial comment. Does it sound like they're expressing a personal opinion or citing scientific evidence?
There may be multiple components in fertility, but the majority of erectile dysfunction is rooted in metabolic health.
After I press them to cite some evidence for their assertion, here's how they respond.
This is a discussion forum, everything we say is opinion, i’ve given you my perspective on the issue to the best of my ability.
This person should be a Mod for a public health community?! Good grief. What is this, the US government?
Someone should create a new community on Anarchist.nexus or Piefed.social
What's stopping you?
It’s good to have a diversity of moderators however I may consider building the community up and then handing it off to someone else.
There's usually only so much activity on the platform for one community to stay active on a certain topic.
The Eldritch Curse.
Money.
Oh... I thought I was losing my mind talking to this person earlier.
Oh well.
Are mods gatekeepers of facts, or there mainly to ensure people are civil and respectful of people?
I'd want someone to gatekeep on writing, but ...
This is a discussion forum, everything we say is opinion, i’ve given you my perspective on the issue to the best of my ability.
...not this guy.
I've had discussions with this user that basically ended with them agreeing to everything I said, but then they just went back and continued posting the same things the following day.
They're reasonably knowledgeable and scientifically literate, but the issue is in always presenting keto diets as the definitive solution to all of your life's problems. Keto is fine. It works and can solve many problems. But it is not the end-all be-all. I can't tell if it's a language issue or if they're intentionally presenting things this way.
Not really conducive to discussions when we don't even know who you're talking about.
It's jet. I've had the misfortune of interacting with them before.
Update on this situation:
!publichealth@anarchist.nexus
You might want to check with the instance admins to get lemmy-federate going, it's currently blocked, that will help with your fanout.
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