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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I've been having comments removed on newspaper discussions , for stating inconvenient facts that were actually in the article

and i'm getting down voted a lot on reddit a lot

there are some massive propaganda campaigns on reddit at the moment , it shits me

Tomorrow I am exploring Bluesky , which looks a bit like mastodon but with many more members

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Just upvoting things like that can get you banned now, along with saying things like "eat the rich" or the name luigi in any context.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

pointing out lies by foreign fascist governments can also get you in trouble

this is not right , it seems the terms of use are being exploited by bad actors