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Sitewide rule #1 is overly broad and being abused by mods (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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'Be nice' is a great idea in concept but when it comes down to concrete justification for post deletions and bans, it just becomes a general tool of oppression

Simply disagreeing with a political position has triggered rule #1 bans and removals across several subs, Gaza is a great example of this.

If we just want to keep pretending that mods are any different here than reddit, then they need to be held to a better degree of responsibility when it comes to their abuse of overly broad definitions.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

As long as facts aren't being censored I see no issues

[-] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

As long as facts aren't being censored I see no issues

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Which instance are you talking about here? You do realize the Fediverse is not made up of one instance, right?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Asking for it, big time 🙄

[-] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do you ever worry that maybe it's just you?

[Edit] I mean "just you who thinks this", and therefore there may be an issue with your perception of others, I'm not trying to say "just you are an arsehole".

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Imagine you are on the freeway, and a car comes on your lane going in the wrong direction, and going fast! And then another one, and another one, and then you realize:

They must be hundreds!!

[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

Yes I legit did think for many years that it was just me, and basically kept to myself and was slowly dying of social isolation

Then I actually saw a therapist and unloaded the whole thing and she pointed me in the direction of a few interesting studies about how narcissists prey on autists and it's made a lot of those interactions make a lot more sense the targeted harassment I have been experiencing.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I know exactly what you mean (and I'm very familiar with the behaviour in real life), but I can't say I've personally seen it on Lemmy. I know a lot of it depends on what you're subscribed to or federated with, but rather than "100% arseholes" I felt Lemmy was more like "95% pretty nice people".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

this is a great post thank you

block my instance too pls?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

shit I blocked lemmy.dbzero.com the day I joined

this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025

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