Give Discuit a try; the mods there are usually reasonable.

Life’s too short; I usually cut my losses and bail.

Drag contacted the mods

Why bother?

Most other instances have them banned

Here’s lemmy.ca’s announcement.

(archived version, if needed)

with mods that allow their users to harass others

And the mods will even delete your comments if you push back at this.

Maybe on the surface, but it’s blocked by this instance (and many others) for good reasons.

It’s a snake pit.