I wasn’t aware that this was such a big issue in the Fediverse that there are already dedicated communities discussing it.
Until now, I’d assumed the matter was somewhat settled since the larger communities on .ml now have an equivalent elsewhere. I’ve come across this problem several times elsewhere as well (the “no politics” rule, even though the post wasn’t political in any sense), but I guess I’m just completely out of the loop.
So it’s probably more a case of it being a different overlord (the U.S. instead of Russia).
I can only conclude from this that even platforms like Lemmy on the the Fediverse are controlled by billionaires. That might sound a bit like a conspiracy theory, but given their unscrupulousness, it seems all too likely to me.
Either way: for me, the matter is clear—you can’t express your opinion here either.
It’s disillusioning, but at least now I know how I need to conduct myself here.
I’ve had this account for nearly a year and a half, and I’ve never had mod action taken against me. On my previous account, I only ever had 2 mod actions. I’m highly political and post regularly. My secret is that I pay attention to every community I’m looking at, and follow their rules. As an example, I’m gender fluid but generally identify with masc identities, so I never post or comment in !womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone. Following community rules is easy. Just don’t do those things. Whether you want it to be or not, gen-AI is absolutely a political topic right now, so it’s not really welcome in !showerthoughts@lemmy.world.
I’ve been banned from like 10 different communities once because I downvoted a post I didn’t like. The same mod just decided to ban me from everything they had the ability to.
Honestly, if you aren’t getting banned by Fascist or Tankies you are doing it wrong.
I think it’s more that I curate my feed to avoid them in the first place. I’ll read their rules, judge for myself, and decide if I want to interact with it. I report fascist shit and shut it down when I see it. I’ve never been banned for it. That’s a success in my judgement of the spaces I choose to participate in.
Personally, I stay away from the womens stuff community because it is so incredibly stupid to constantly whine about people coming in and commenting when you’re making a place that literally broadcasts your posts and comments in a way that invites others to come and comment. It’s no different than having a conversation on a busy street using bullhorns and then complaining about people joining in.
When some form of the fediverse can properly do closed communities with a whitelist, then I’ll happily head there.
GMAFB. There are PLENTY of communities where that topic can be discussed, but you chose one not meant for what is blatantly a political topic and are whining “censorship” when you naturally got rebuked. It’s very MAGAt-like behavior.
I actually saw that post on my feed, and was interested in reading it but it had been deleted by the time I got to it. Since it was still showing in my feed, I used that to get to your profile in hopes you’d re-posted it somewhere more appropriate, but instead you seem to have decided to play victim.
I’m honestly disappointed because I skimmed some of your posts & comments while I was there and liked what I saw. Hopefully this is just an aberration.
Well, I simply didn’t have the motivation anymore, so I didn’t take the time to look for a community where this post might not have been removed.
However, since I’ve often found myself starting to read a post and leaving a comment on it, only to discover that the post had been removed because of this arbitrary “no politics” rule, I thought I’d use this admittedly salty post to point out what kinds of posts are currently being removed in one of the largest Lemmy communities.
I think it’s important for people to be aware that a community whose name suggests it’s a place to share your thoughts with others is, in fact, a community where a kind of “thought police” decides—based on their own sensitivities—what people get to see and what they don’t. That’s exactly what this “no politics” rule amounts to, because any topic can be interpreted as political if you don’t have a clear definition of what “political” actually means.
I don’t understand how so many people can think it’s a good idea to give moderators a rule that allows them to remove posts at will. It’s like banning posts about mathematics in a physics community—it’s simply absurd.
It is a place to share your shower thoughts. You’d do better, I think, for trying to get a sense of what a community’s vibe is before participating.
And you’re not being silenced. Myself and plenty of other people refer to AI as devil technology built by demons, vampires, pedophiles, and republicans—but I repeat myself—on the daily. If I can evangelize about how AI is a cancer that needs to be cut out, then you can, too; you can do it in appropriate places.
Thank you very much!
I wasn’t aware that this was such a big issue in the Fediverse that there are already dedicated communities discussing it.
Until now, I’d assumed the matter was somewhat settled since the larger communities on .ml now have an equivalent elsewhere. I’ve come across this problem several times elsewhere as well (the “no politics” rule, even though the post wasn’t political in any sense), but I guess I’m just completely out of the loop.
So it’s probably more a case of it being a different overlord (the U.S. instead of Russia).
I can only conclude from this that even platforms like Lemmy on the the Fediverse are controlled by billionaires. That might sound a bit like a conspiracy theory, but given their unscrupulousness, it seems all too likely to me.
Either way: for me, the matter is clear—you can’t express your opinion here either.
It’s disillusioning, but at least now I know how I need to conduct myself here.
I’ve had this account for nearly a year and a half, and I’ve never had mod action taken against me. On my previous account, I only ever had 2 mod actions. I’m highly political and post regularly. My secret is that I pay attention to every community I’m looking at, and follow their rules. As an example, I’m gender fluid but generally identify with masc identities, so I never post or comment in !womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone. Following community rules is easy. Just don’t do those things. Whether you want it to be or not, gen-AI is absolutely a political topic right now, so it’s not really welcome in !showerthoughts@lemmy.world.
I’ve been banned from like 10 different communities once because I downvoted a post I didn’t like. The same mod just decided to ban me from everything they had the ability to.
Honestly, if you aren’t getting banned by Fascist or Tankies you are doing it wrong.
I think it’s more that I curate my feed to avoid them in the first place. I’ll read their rules, judge for myself, and decide if I want to interact with it. I report fascist shit and shut it down when I see it. I’ve never been banned for it. That’s a success in my judgement of the spaces I choose to participate in.
Fair
Personally, I stay away from the womens stuff community because it is so incredibly stupid to constantly whine about people coming in and commenting when you’re making a place that literally broadcasts your posts and comments in a way that invites others to come and comment. It’s no different than having a conversation on a busy street using bullhorns and then complaining about people joining in.
When some form of the fediverse can properly do closed communities with a whitelist, then I’ll happily head there.
GMAFB. There are PLENTY of communities where that topic can be discussed, but you chose one not meant for what is blatantly a political topic and are whining “censorship” when you naturally got rebuked. It’s very MAGAt-like behavior.
I actually saw that post on my feed, and was interested in reading it but it had been deleted by the time I got to it. Since it was still showing in my feed, I used that to get to your profile in hopes you’d re-posted it somewhere more appropriate, but instead you seem to have decided to play victim.
I’m honestly disappointed because I skimmed some of your posts & comments while I was there and liked what I saw. Hopefully this is just an aberration.
Well, I simply didn’t have the motivation anymore, so I didn’t take the time to look for a community where this post might not have been removed.
However, since I’ve often found myself starting to read a post and leaving a comment on it, only to discover that the post had been removed because of this arbitrary “no politics” rule, I thought I’d use this admittedly salty post to point out what kinds of posts are currently being removed in one of the largest Lemmy communities.
I think it’s important for people to be aware that a community whose name suggests it’s a place to share your thoughts with others is, in fact, a community where a kind of “thought police” decides—based on their own sensitivities—what people get to see and what they don’t. That’s exactly what this “no politics” rule amounts to, because any topic can be interpreted as political if you don’t have a clear definition of what “political” actually means.
I don’t understand how so many people can think it’s a good idea to give moderators a rule that allows them to remove posts at will. It’s like banning posts about mathematics in a physics community—it’s simply absurd.
It is a place to share your shower thoughts. You’d do better, I think, for trying to get a sense of what a community’s vibe is before participating.
And you’re not being silenced. Myself and plenty of other people refer to AI as devil technology built by demons, vampires, pedophiles, and republicans—but I repeat myself—on the daily. If I can evangelize about how AI is a cancer that needs to be cut out, then you can, too; you can do it in appropriate places.