• MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    This, but unironically. Some Lemmy instances are censoring the word “retard” now.

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      7 months ago

      checks ur modlog history

      white supremacy

      antisemitism

      misinformation

      bigotry

      mhmmmmm sounds about right

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        7 months ago

        checks ur modlog history

        Banned from NonCredibleDefense for posting cringe

        mhmmmm sounds about right

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        7 months ago

        To be fair, I still prefer the ridiculousness of Lemmy censorship to the heavyhandedness of reddit’s, mainly because on Lemmy, it’s by design only enforceable on a per-instance basis.

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          7 months ago

          I don’t know. I’ve been banned from places for having a different opinion.

          That’s not healthy at all

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            7 months ago

            Sure, it’s always annoying but as long as there isn’t a single lever to ban you from EVERYWHERE it’s still better than any centralized platform. If the admin on one instance decides they don’t want my posts there, so be it, as long as they can’t ban me from other instances, too.

            And isn’t this kinda more like how real life works? An individual person, company, or institution can certainly ban you from their house or their premises for having an opinion on <political issue of the day> they don’t like, but as long as they can’t ban you from having that opinion elsewhere, it’s not really a big deal, is it?

            Only the government could enforce something like this, that’s why it’s important to never allow them to do that.

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              7 months ago

              Yeah I see your point, but it’s just shitty sometimes you get banned with no words on why.

              I’m only banned from two communities one was a full on cesspool of communist propaganda and the others lemmy world news