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I tend to browse /All and by New on Lemmy. I went to respond on a thread on [email protected] to thank someone for a recipe that looked good, and found out I had been banned.

Odd, considering I hadn't posted to that sub at any point in the past. I checked the modlog to find that "Mod" had banned a bunch of people citing "Rule 5."

Their Rule 5 states: Bad-faith carnist rhetoric & anti-veganism are not allowed, as this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism. Anyone is welcome here, however, and so good-faith efforts to ask questions about veganism may be given their own weekly stickied post in the future (see current stickied discussion).

I (and hundreds of others) seemingly broke rule 5 of this community without ever posting there. What is going on?

And my apologies if this isn't the place for this, but I had no idea where else to post the question.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The bad: simply downvoting a meme gets you banned

The good: You didn't have to open your apps filter settings to stop seeing the absurd shit they post

Funnily enough, their ban spree is self censoring and will end up creating an echo chamber nobody will see.

I say, tofu and let tofuck it up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't understand why most people even care. They would have never know this community existed except for for this post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

B/c this is just the tip of the iceberg, and b/c a stitch in time saves nine and all that jazz. And b/c some find it entertaining to discuss about:-). And b/c it's not fair, e.g. how would you feel if I told you that because you commented here, you automatically receive a...

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Yeah, I don't care about that community either!:-P

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm moderately offended that I haven't been banned yet. It's giving "the last one picked for kickball" vibes. I want to speak to the fucking manager of c/vegan immediately!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

On the instance lemmy.world
The knickers of an admin had curled.
Suggestions of a vegan cat:
Red faced with ears of steam
He banned their moderation team.
Over something dramatic like that.

An admin decree was made:
A repeat was forbade.
"But that wasn't enough,"
Some moderators said with a huff.
Not wanting to be persecuted,
By plebians with vegan-hate rooted
They would make the place tamer
By turning it into an echo chamber

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Do you want to build an echo chamber? This is how you build an echo chamber.

(I find this entirely unsurprising. I think they do want to build an echo chamber.)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think I must've been banned as well, I saw a post in my All feed that I tried to upvote but received an error when doing so, just for that one community.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I don't think I have been banned there but now that I am posting this.... I wonder how many of the people chatting here are going to get banned?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Probably all.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Quick question. How do you know if you been banned? Let's say that I was banned, do I see posts, can I see the comments or nothing at all?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It just means you can't post. You aren't directly notified but can check the modlog.

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

Good to know. Thanks for the quick response

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

You do not seem to be banned from anything that I can see: https://discuss.online/modlog?page=1&userId=3001113.

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