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Mods and bans on Lemmy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by highduc@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is it just me, or are lots of mods just banning anyone with a dissenting opinion?

I like to be a bit contrarian, play devil's advocate, stuff like that, so sometimes I know what I post isn't going to jive with the community I'm posting in, but I think there's value in that. It starts a discussion and it offers a different pov.

Maybe I'm wrong and stupid, and someone can reply and explain why. I think that would be a net benefit. But what happens instead is my post gets deleted and I get banned. :/

I genuinely think this is a real issue and it leads to echo chambers, but am curious to see what other ppl think? Am I just salty? :)

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[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

I think if you were nicer and explained what you believe instead of having a goal of being contrarian or playing devils advocate (which, when you do so, you advocate for the devil), people would not think you are a troll. They might think other negative things about you, but probably not that you're a troll.