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You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:

I'm sure there will be questions, let me see if I can address the most obvious ones:

  1. Can I still post negative stuff about Biden?

Absolutely! We have zero interest in running an echo chamber. However, if ALL you're posting is negative, you may want to re-think your priorities. You get out of the world what you put into it and all that.

  1. Why now?

Presumption of innocence. It may be my own fault, but I do try to think the best of people, and even though they were posting negative articles, they weren't necessarily WRONG. Biden's poll numbers, particularly in minority demographics ARE in the shitter. They are starting to get better, but he still has a hell of a hill to climb.

  1. Why a 30 day temp ban and not a permanent ban?

The articles return2ozma shared weren't bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like "beforeitsnews.com", they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.

The problem was ONLY posting the negatives, over and over and then openly admitting that dishonest enagement is their purpose.

Had they all been bullshit articles? It would not have taken anywhere near this much time to lay the ban and it would have been permanent.

30 days seems enough time for them to re-think their strategery and come back to engage honestly.

tl;dr - https://youtu.be/C6BYzLIqKB8#t=7s

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[-] Pfeffy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Has anyone been banned for only posting good stuff about Biden?

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[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

So you'll be banning people that post only negative news about trump?

[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

So wait, do people have to post 'both sides' of whether Trump is a fucking shitstain?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Nah, you can post purely factual things that take no side. Or, alternately, post things about other people and things besides Trump. :)

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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The articles return2ozma shared weren’t bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like “beforeitsnews.com”, they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.

I clicked that link and wow... what sort of people trust a site like that lol?

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[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've been calling this out since I've joined. I'm glad he's gone.

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[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago

Admitting that you only share the bad side of something isn’t arguing in bad faith.

I am very against fucking murder, I will not share news articles that cast murder in a good light.

That’s not bad faith, that’s just the truth.

Would you all rather someone not clearly state how they feel, would you rather them try to hide it?

So here’s the real question I have @jordanlund@lemmy.world .

If someone had posted nothing but good things about Biden or only bad things about trump would this all still happen?

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