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You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:

I'm sure there will be questions, let me see if I can address the most obvious ones:

  1. Can I still post negative stuff about Biden?

Absolutely! We have zero interest in running an echo chamber. However, if ALL you're posting is negative, you may want to re-think your priorities. You get out of the world what you put into it and all that.

  1. Why now?

Presumption of innocence. It may be my own fault, but I do try to think the best of people, and even though they were posting negative articles, they weren't necessarily WRONG. Biden's poll numbers, particularly in minority demographics ARE in the shitter. They are starting to get better, but he still has a hell of a hill to climb.

  1. Why a 30 day temp ban and not a permanent ban?

The articles return2ozma shared weren't bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like "beforeitsnews.com", they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.

The problem was ONLY posting the negatives, over and over and then openly admitting that dishonest enagement is their purpose.

Had they all been bullshit articles? It would not have taken anywhere near this much time to lay the ban and it would have been permanent.

30 days seems enough time for them to re-think their strategery and come back to engage honestly.

tl;dr - https://youtu.be/C6BYzLIqKB8#t=7s

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

So I am assuming that everyone here enthusiastically posts pro Trump posts all day right?

This is blatant censorship.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Lmao

Edit: I look forward to the ban on pugjesus for his incessant agenda-posting.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Kind of incredible someone can be banned for posting too many negative stories about Biden (and admitting they like posting them, I guess?) while the mods here ignore users that post comments denying that specific homophobic instances occurred. Happy Pride! 🥳

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, we don't have time to read every comment in every post.

If there are problems, make sure you report them! That's what we see first and foremost!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I did, that’s why they’re already banned on Blahaj.

Edit: Also, I literally just spoke to you about it right now and the comments are still up on lemmy.world, so I’m not sure what message I’m supposed to take here other than these comments don’t break the rules.

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

I haven't had time to go back and review the chain you're talking about, re-report it and I'll grab it when I have the chance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can’t re-report it, they’re banned on blahaj and the comments have been purged for me. Also my client (maybe instance?) doesn’t allow re-reporting.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (19 children)

Got it, I'll come back through the comment link when I have the chance!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The mod logs aren’t showing them banned at all, Is there something I’m missing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure why it didn't hit the modlog, unless the remove content script is still running.

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