I just got permanently banned from a community for making a single harmless remark on a single post that was right there in the main feed. It’s not a community I’m super active in so it’s not like devastating, but it is annoying

If your precious little community is full of so many delicate sensitive people who can’t even be reminded that another viewpoint even exists, then you should really protect them by defederating and having everyone join your private website

The mod has literally removed like 75% of the comments and banned everyone lol

I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t have time to read every rule for every community that pops up when I’m in view all

  • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
    83·
    4 months ago

    Because it’s obnoxious.

    And while it may not break rules, it goes against the spirit of online forums and discussion to ban people and prevent discussion just because they respectfully disagree with you.

    Also, Lemmy has an issue if a post can gain traction because mods just block anyone who downvotes, preventing them from voting on further posts.

    • Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      21·
      4 months ago

      This wave of banning is quite strong, let’s be honest.

      But I’ve seen trans communities banning people who “respectfully disagreed with them” while pushing anti-trans agenda.

      Also, Lemmy has an issue if a post can gain traction because mods just block anyone who downvotes, preventing them from voting on further posts.

      This would also require upvotes from other people, which I don’t think they are getting so far