Totalitarians, fascists and other scary governments prosecute you without telling you what you did, and everybody agrees that this is an evil practice. But now it's normal and accepted on social media
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It definitely shows that the power structures have their hands in any relevant social media discussion. I would posit that mods pay critical role with that system.
Most recent example is modding we get on main subs re Luigi... Some how censorship on fedi was stronger than reddit, at least week post the denial of life.
The pattern of behaviour is is the same. Tjere is a topic, it need to be discussed a certain way, people generally small minorities will say wrong thing, they get removed. Narrative holds up.
With Luigi public sentiment was so strong that they could not suppress the genuine public opinion hence why reddit didn't even try for the first week.
Here we had mods argue all sorts of weird shit and none of it really landed. The rules are vague enough to remove any wrong think they need.
Mod logs will show a pattern of behaviour.
Israeli genocide in Gaza is another topic where mods shill regime narratives.
But theh don't do over everything, you can do culture war circle jerk all you want.
Also, mods are no uniform bit mods for each sub have their specific narrative and they will never accept discussions that would undermine it.
You can criticize Israel but only in sanctioned way.
Another example is kamala prez campaign... No discussion, either you shill her or you are removed.
And fedi ain't even a speck on social media land scape but we sure got a full blown gestapo field office to heard 50k monthly users lol
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They should offer an explanation pinned to the top of the conversation tree. They should be clear and upfront. That's the pro-community thing to do.
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Ok maybe I did the wrong word. You get my point tho.
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So decency is out the window. We are just participants in our own mindfuckery.
I guess we need to find the "most free" Lemmy instance. Are there reviews?
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Good discussions happen in the meme subs which is kinda ironic.
But anything of high traffic will attract bad faith actors for "modding"
Fedi itself is pretty resilient since it is decentralized, so at worst it is a sub ban or instance ban on ml for disrespectimg she-pooh
Also there other reasons why mods could make their discussions clearly but there is definitely pattern of behavior.
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They technically provide free labour, you can't have these exceptions from people.
We lucky we have modlogs unlike reddit.
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Good discussions happen in the meme subs which is kinda ironic.
I've noticed that too. It's like a forest fire (high popularity, enshittification?) went through there and now healthy stuff grows. Probably a cyclic thing.
What we need is truly niche subs. Which by definition must be hard to access.
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Well we technically provide free labor too. I mean the whole conversation was built by us. The whole system was built to service the necessary stuff that we provide.
Yeah, the modlogs are a step up for sure.
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A very brief one, sure, I could agree with that. Most assholes aren't worth more than a few words though. This is the internet after all, trolls abound, and aren't really worth the effort.
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What? No. You can't just walk in, say some dumb shit and decide that it's your house.
That's nonsense.
Your original point was the equivalent of "Stepping on Legos is literally the same as land mines, amiright?"
No, it's not, and you're not a victim.
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They know, they are just giving him a hard time lol
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My original point was the indecency of prosecution without explanation, actually.
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Not “anyone”. But certainly you, currently.
You broke the rules, and you got your comments removed. Facing the consequences of your actions is not a state of victimhood.
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My point was the indecency of prosecution without explanation.
It's impractical too, to boot somebody without telling them why, as somebody else in this thread pointed out.
Another person in this thread suggested that such discussions are wasted effort. That such discussion, and the healthy society it engenders, is not the aim if those in control. Who are the mods' bosses. That they simply want max control for min cost.
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That's rather beside my point. I addressed prosecution without explanation.
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Such petty sniveling games are the bedrock upon which our magnificent culture is founded.
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Using inflammatory language as a way to make your point seem more valid is just manipulative, and betrays the general lack of a point that you have.
You were not “prosecuted”, and I’ll be generous and assume you meant “persecuted”, which again is such an inappropriate use of that word given the mildness of the indecency you experienced.
Is it a dick move to ban without explanation? Yes. Most sites don’t do that though, so I assume you have some very specific grievance that prompted this.
You weren’t banned from the world, and there are many instances in the fediverse, so take your speech to any number of instances where the mods aren’t dicks.
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You’ve been told multiple times where to find your explanation. You didn’t like the answer, and so now you seem to be pretending that you didn’t hear it.
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You were not prosecuted.
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And you refused to answer me when I asked you in what court of law are you being prosecuted? State, federal? What laws are you alleged to have broken?