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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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[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a toggle on the current version.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure that toggle is currently broken and does nothing.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I just checked and it does work for me just by visiting the site without logging in. It changes between "username" and "mod"

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Odd, it doesn't work here on our instance.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Could be because your instance is so big. I have a new instance with only a few users which is not federated.