• bestboyfriendintheworldOPEnglish
    42·
    20 hours ago

    The active suppression of discourse on Lemmy is astounding. The instances and communities are small, but often ruled with an iron fist.

    I was the second most active poster in a community with half a dozen regular commenters. The mod got so butthurt over a minor disagreement at some point, he banned half the community members. Now he’s posting alone.

    I STILL have people from .world stalking me, tracking me, and trying to get me banned from other instances.

    I‘ve seen this happen. Someone was banned from feddit.org as well for a mild pro Israel post on .world.

    • imaqtpieA
      4·
      12 hours ago

      I’m trying dude. But I also don’t want SJW to be a server that has anything to do with politics, so there’s only so much I can do.

      All I would say is that it’s much better to have leftist political extremists controlling the discourse rather than than alt right psychos. Ideally the discussion would be more diverse and open minded, but with the tiny userbase that’s not really an option yet.

      Your best bet is to avoid discussing the Palestinian conflict entirely. Nothing that we say on Lemmy is going to change what happens IRL anyway.

      • bestboyfriendintheworldOPEnglish
        3·
        10 hours ago

        Your best bet is to avoid discussing the Palestinian conflict entirely

        The chilling effect is real.

        • imaqtpieA
          4·
          10 hours ago

          This is Lemmy. IRL Israel is doing whatever they want anyway. It seems apparent that the chilling effect doesn’t affect them whatsoever.

          This isn’t a court of law, it’s simply practical advice about how to act on Lemmy so that the platform can grow and succeed. Sometimes you lose the battle but win the war.

          • bestboyfriendintheworldOPEnglish
            22·
            10 hours ago

            I don’t think a platform that promotes antisemitism to a wide audience is worth growing.

            • imaqtpieA
              4·
              10 hours ago

              Okay… first of all, opposition to the Israeli actions in Palestine is not equivalent to antisemitism. That’s just a fact.

              People who are antisemitic are definitely going to take that position, but most people take that position for completely different reasons.

              Secondly, the growth of the platform will inherently change the nature of the discourse. If we get tens of thousands more users over here, the conversation will change drastically. That’s why starting from a position that challenges the dominant mainstream discourse is an advantage for Lemmy, because that position is guaranteed to be diluted as we grow.

              • bestboyfriendintheworldOP
                12·
                8 hours ago

                opposition to the Israeli actions in Palestine is not equivalent to antisemitism. That’s just a fact.

                Obviously not. Demonization, delegitimization, and calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state is antisemitic though.

      • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        10 hours ago

        But I also don’t want SJW to be a server that has anything to do with politics, so there’s only so much I can do.

        Wait, so how come that [email protected] is basically the recommendation for people wanting an alternative to [email protected]? Are you admins unhappy with having that community on your instance?

        • imaqtpieA
          2·
          10 hours ago

          I wasn’t aware of that, but that’s fine. The mods must be doing a good job because I never see reports from that community. I just want to make sure sh.it keeps working, and getting overtly political has a tendency to cause problems.