Unpopular Opinion

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1. NO POLITICS

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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...

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This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.

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Lemmy is not immune to trolls, bad fait actors or propaganda - in fact, despite how bad reddit is, a lot of Lemmy instances are worse (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm done, I've been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I've been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I've ever had on any lemmy instance), I've had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I've had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.

Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In my experience your views aren’t really contrarian to that of the majority of Lemmy users and mods. Your pretty mainstream and vanilla here.

Try taking a pro Israel stance or pro 2A stance and see how long it will be until you are banned even if you follow all sub rules.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why would I take a pro-death stance? If you are being dumb, people are going to tell you. Welcome to the real world. Free speech doesn't mean people have to listen to you.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for making my point for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Actually they pretty much drove over your point and then put the car into reverse.