Will it be effective?
Spoiler
No, it was not very effective.
EDIT: The banning event continues. Please consult the modlog to observe.
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&modId=7121342
If you scroll down to about a day ago, you might be able to observe an emerging behavior from this mod.
EDIT 2: The mod in question moderates a total of 108 Lemmy communities. How deep does this conspiracy run? Is this mod a lost Redditor? More to come!
EDIT 3: The mod has now removed my comment all together, one might assume because it was still receiving upvotes in the 2 hours following my ban. Are there similarities here to Watergate? You be the judge!
EDIT 4: The mod in question has now been removed as a mod of the !vegan@lemmy.world community, as a result of their abuse of power.
https://lemmy.world/post/19731457
This was their response:
EDIT 5: This will be my final update, since as far as I see it, the issue this thread focuses on has been resolved. To quote Beaver herself in a very ironic comment she made directed towards someone else:
Clearly this was all just a case of...
I got banned (rule 5) for downvoting a meme with misleading information. I'm not vegan, but I like the idea in general so I did enjoy seeing content. But things have gone off the rails recently.
I'd say not just recently. They've stepped it up after the big drama but been at it for a while.
Oh, but the "why do you hate veganism huh??" memes continue. Yeah, it's definitely the veganism I can't stand and not the fan club!
Ah I see. Not sure what is going on then.
This is entirely a mod issue. I'm vegan, and they need to be removed. They are ruining the image of the community so that people like OP start pushing for everyone to block it. If that isn't ruining the prospects of our cause, then I don't know what is.
Hi there. Things escalated really out of control due to a rogue mod, but the situation has since been resolved, and things should be back to normal.