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I use solarpunk and disappointed that it happened to you. I felt like solarpunk was the best instance Lemmy has, it feels like it has the least amount of echo chamber. Maybe I'm wrong.
I moderate my own community in solarpunk and I will try my best to not be like the moderator you talk about
I think you will see that these accusations have little substance, are taken out of context and argued in bad faith ๐คทโโ๏ธ
All I've done is link to the comments section illustrating what I was saying had happened, had happened.
Here he is, arguing with people while removing their comments and leaving his comments in place: https://slrpnk.net/post/14823401/11894346
I have no idea why you're defending this guy. Like I said, the communities that try to "protect" their points of view, saying that one viewpoint is permitted in their space but other ones are will get you banned, generally become laughingstocks over time. It's very different from protecting against abuse or racism, when you "protect" your space against people who don't agree with some particular detail the way some particular person has interpreted it, and appoint an arbiter of what are the allowed interpretations, to ban anyone they disagree with. I think you should abandon that practice, and the censorship of ideas you disagree with, if you want to say that you're supporting an instance that respects individual human freedom.
I don't really have a problem with you in general, I was a little bit surprised that you came out swinging to defend this moderator. Maybe this all sounds like sour grapes on my part, but that is usually the result of banning people for disagreeing with you. It sparks a surprising amount of resentment.
That thread is wild. I had no clue slrpunk was like that (I only go to some non-political communities on slrpunk).
I don't think slrpnk is "bad" necessarily. The vibe I get is that there's one terrible moderator who the admins are standing up for, because they think he's an anarchist, and they've absorbed the general Lemmy dark pattern that it's okay for a moderator to prune the comments to reflect only the "correct" ideology. But basically aside from that one bad interaction, I really have no problem with slrpnk in general.
Don't get me wrong, I recognize it's a solid instance and I am going to continue engaging in their communities.
Just the admin reaction was a bit strange. I think mods/admins need to try and take a neutral position as much as possible (exceptions notwithstanding).
Yeah. Sounds right. Me giving them a hard time is intended in the spirit of tough love. One part "hey, you guys are messing up, if you want people to take you seriously I think you should stop doing this" and one part unapologetic "if you didn't want me telling stories about you censoring me, you shouldn't have deleted my comments and banned me when I disagreed with your moderator. In any sane community, you're allowed to disagree with the moderator, and I would like to be vocal to protect my right to do so."