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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.


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I don't expect this to play particularly well here, and maybe I'm just being conspiratorial, but here goes:

I banned jordanlund@lemmy.world from !transgender@lemmy.blahajzone earlier today- he literally posted a matt walsh youtube link and was being otherwise transphobic in a space where that gets you banned. (link)

one of jordanlunds removed comments w/ matt walsh video:

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the reason I put down was 'trolling about neopronouns' I stand by that, it was violating instance rules and was unacceptable behavior from a moderator of another instance.

Shortly after that I got banned from news@lemmy.world for 'trolling'. To be clear, jordanlund does not moderate news@lemmy.world, but the timing struck me as an odd coincidence.

The .world thread in question (link)

I was expressing my actual opinion/position on this, if anything the post I was replying to should be considered a rule 1 violation implying leftists are russian/under russian sway:

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The removed comments that I was banned (permanent) for were just me being earnest about my position, which you're welcome to disagree with.

I don't view protecting my rights as something worth sacrificing other people for, even if they're on the other side of the planet. You can be mad at me or hate me for that, but I'm not trolling.

People replying felt it was reasonable to call me an idiot for example, yet another example of selective moderation. on .world.

I don't have any conclusive proof that my banning Jordanlund and then getting banned are related other than the suspicious timing, I welcome clarification.

Anyway in the interest of neutrality and transparency I submit both my ban and jordanlunds for review.

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PTB. Your comments don't look like trolling to me.

[–] UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

jordanlund@lemmy.world is absolutely friendly with the c/news team. I think he even used to be a mod there, if I remember from my time on .world.

I may be wrong, because I was banned from there months ago because I wasn't aboard the Biden/Harris love train. And I'm STILL proud of my stance. :) lmao

But I had lots of interactions with him. He's mostly good people, but he did take a lot of joy in my ban and made a special post about it and has a lot of influence admin and mods on .world.

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[–] WrittenInRed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 6 days ago (22 children)

I hate how quick world is to mass downvote, accuse of being a russian troll, or just straight up remove comments from people who express any sort of actual left-wing opinion. Reading through that whole comment thread there was nothing you said that came across as trolling. Its kinda exhausting how many people take any criticism of the democratic party as being support for Trump, or believe voting is the most important and only way to change anything. I get closer to just blocking world entirely every day tbh.

[–] UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Its kinda exhausting how many people take any criticism of the democratic party as being support for Trump,

Exactly!

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 days ago (31 children)

.world thinks if you give reasoned arguments, reputable sources, and have a logical criticism of a liberal, you're actually just a Russian bot, China shill, trump stan, or whatever it is this week.

Being morally consistent is a negative to them and must be punished.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm beginning to think that .world should be avoided. Not defederated, but mirror subs should be started on other instances and everyone who doesn't like this attitude / activity should deliberately boycott .world subs in favor of the alternatives.

Somewhat of an aside, I think this sort of behavior is far worse than what got everybody up in arms about Hexbear. I never disliked Hexbears; I see them as a tight-knit community that existed for multiple years before the Lemmy influx from the old site. I think they genuinely felt despair over the changes that federation brought to their instance and I feel sorry for them. Maybe if people make enough noise about the bad behavior of .world mods we can raise awareness and effect change.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks. I've been looking for some good alternatives. Already use midwest.social for politics

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thank you! I had drinks with a friend and will be off to sleep soon, but I opened your comment in another window to take action tomorrow.

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